Caroline

Caroline Comes from the rain Glistening and shivering She laughs as she shakes off the weather Caroline Whispers her words Saying she'll always love me At least when we are together Caroline Starts closing in Surrounding the spot Where watching in wonder I stand Caroline She's shedding her rings Her bracelets and stockings And placing her skin still moist in the palm of my hand You're pressing she smiles It's too soon to ask For me to cast off my cover You assume that I'm caught Up there in your head So now I must go to my lover. Her world is such a sudden place A minute flashed before my face To fly to feel to fall from grace Oh Caroline I'm leaning, careening This bubble that I choose to chase Keeps breaking on the brink of space Just as I'm about to taste It's meaning Caroline Caroline Comes from the full moon Trembling and grieving Afraid of the march of the seasons Caroline You're too young to be running Too old to be lying Too wise not to see all the reasons Caroline Hangs her cape and her jeans And surrenders her tears To christen my pillow with sorrow Caroline She remains after times To explain what she means, she speaks of today More than she dreams of tomorrow She says Never has life Been so full of the urge To let go of the night and believe She collects all her things While she's still of a mind So soft it's like breathing she leaves.