Michael Martin Murphey
Carolina in the Pines
[Verse 1]
She came to me, said she knew me
Said she'd known me a long time
And she spoke of bein' in love
With every mountain she had climbed
And she talked of trails she'd walked up
Far above the timberline
From that night on, I knew I'd write songs
With Carolina in the pines

[Verse 2]
There's a new moon on the fourteenth
First quarter the twenty-first
And the full moon in the last week
Brings a fullness to the earth
There's no guesswork in the clockwork
Of the world's heart or mine
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines

[Verse 3]
As the frost shows on the windows
And the wood stove smokes alow
As the fire grows, we can warm our souls
Watching rainbows in the cold
And we'll talk of trails we've walked up
Far above the timberline
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines