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Carolina In My Mind

This version of Carolina In My Mind was released by John Denver in 1970.

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In my mind I’m going to Carolina. Can’t you see the sunshine,
can’t you just feel the moon shining?
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

Karen she’s a silver sun, you best walk her way and watch it shine,
watch her watch the morning come.
A silver tear’s appearing now, I’m crying, ain’t I? I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

There ain’t no doubt it no one’s mind that loves the finest thing around,
whisper something soft and kind.
And hey, babe, the sky’s on fire, I’m dying, ain’t I? I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

In my mind I’m going to Carolina. Can’t you see the sunshine,
can’t you just feel the moon shining?
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

Dark and silent late last night, I think I might have heard the highway call.
Geese in flight and dogs that bite.
Signs that might be omens say I’m going. I’m going, I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

With a holy host of others standing round me, still I’m on the dark side of the moon.
and it seems like it goes on like this forever, you must forgive me if it’s up and

In my mind I’m going to Carolina. Can’t you see the sunshine,
can’t you just feel the moon shining?
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I’m going to Carolina in my mind,
in my mind I’m going to Carolina.
Can’t you see the sunshine, can’t you just feel the moon shining?
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I’m going to Carolina in my mind.

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John Denver has released many songs over the years besides Carolina In My Mind. John Denver released songs from 1969 to 1998 spanning across albums like Rhymes And Reasons, Take Me To Tomorrow, Whose Garden Was This?, Poems, Prayers And Promises, Aerie, Rocky Mountain High, Farewell Andromeda, Back Home Again, Rocky Mountain Christmas, An Evening With John Denver, Windsong, Spirit, I Want To Live, A Christmas Together, John Denver, Autograph, Some Days Are Diamonds, Seasons Of The Heart, Rocky Mountain Holiday, It's About Time, Dreamland Express, One World, Higher Ground, The Flower That Shattered The Stone, Christmas, Like A Lullaby, Different Directions, All Aboard!, and Forever, John. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Denver.

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The lyrics for Carolina In My Mind are defined as the words making up the song released by John Denver in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Carolina In My Mind have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Denver and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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