Lyrics to
Caroline

This version of Caroline was released by Status Quo in 1973.

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If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you really want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

If the night time is the right time
Oh anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You’re my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock’n’roll

When I’m thinking of you sleeping
I’m at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love
Sweet love

Do you still care when I’m not there
Now do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You’re my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock’n’roll

If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you rally want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You’re my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock’n’roll

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About Lyrics and Caroline by Status Quo

When you decide to study the lyrics to Caroline, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Status Quo. Some of the lyrics to Caroline have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Status Quo and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Caroline if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Caroline" means the words set to the music of Caroline, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Caroline and the lyrics to Caroline are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Caroline, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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