Carolina Video (MV)

We met on sandy beaches
The sun, the drinks, the sea
Disaster prone, so far from home
Unsure of what to be
Our first date was the dance floor
I hadn't felt like me
She lit me up and shook a funk
I couldn't even see

I fell for her over dollar slices
Romance over cheese sticks
She chucked a book out of a window
And with it went my wits
I didn't know the future
Could be living in her lips
I was too caught up in butterflies
And margarita mix
See somehow we stayed connected
She traveled far and wide
I held my breath for two weeks
Just to have her for two nights
And she was stuck inside my heart
I didn't think we'd get this far
So terrified of something real
I had forgotten how to feel

She always held me close when she was so far away
She was the color when my world was feeling gray
Carolina, how'd I let our love decay
Carolina, I just wanted you to stay

I drove to Alabama
Just to see her once again
We toasted over crawfish
We were trying to pretend
Then back and forth to Charlotte
She was perfectly bizarre
My car took all the distance
But the miles were on my heart

Through mountains, trains, and fireworks
A zebra in my car
Horse racing and basketball
And swimming in the yard
She killed me with her wackiness
Her body soul and mind
I used to think she was the best
I was ever going to find
But then one day I felt a stall
The rush began to slow
A feeling changed I can't explain
It made the distance grow
Then I left for distant lands, to seek a different start
The sea brought us together
Then it tore us back apart

She always held me close when she was so far away
She was the color when my world was feeling gray
Carolina, how'd I let our love decay
Carolina, I just wanted you to stay