With a different look today

She'd never worn that makeup

Or looked at me that way

And with udder fascination

I heard what she said

And I watched her lips form phrases

That would never leave my head



She twirrled her hair and she grinned

As her blue sundress danced with the wind

And now I wish that I'd known then



That I could have stayed with you forever

Can't find my way out of those eyes

As the wind whipped all around us

Beneath the Carolina Sky



And if I could have told you

What I didn't at the time

That I'd be stuck within this moment

For the rest of my life



She asked if we could talk

One day after school

So we sat out on my pickup truck one autumn afternoon

The girl I saw as my buddy

She saw me as something else

So I acted suprised

Even though I could always tell



She twirrled her hair and she grinned

I watched as her blue sundress danced with the wind

And now I wish that I'd known then



That I could have stayed with you forever

Can't find my way out of those eyes

As the wind whipped all around us

Beneath the Carolina Sky



And if I could have told you

What I didn't at the time

That I'd be stuck within this moment

For the rest of my life



Even now some years later

It haunts me everyday

And my rational escapes me

And the words they slip away

And I find myself longing

Ever longing for that look

Cause I can't breathe when I think about her

And I dream about her touch



I could have stayed with you forever

Can't find my way out of those eyes

As the wind whipped all around us

Beneath the Carolina Sky



And I wish I would have told her

What I didn't at the time

That I'd be stuck within this moment

For the rest of my life

For the rest of my life

For the rest of my life

Yeah