Caroline
The first day I saw you, the skies opened up and you fell
The first day I saw you, I took my first step into hell
I looked into those blue eyes and I didn't know what to do
but I knew right away that I'd say anything that you asked me to
We met for coffee and I pretended it didn't mean a thing
but I think we both knew that it meant everything
We got married in May and didn't bother with the ceremony
We got married so fast I didn't even hear the lies you told me
(C) Still I shouldn't have let you go
I shouldn't have let you go
Oh no
Oh no no
Oh no Caroline
I loved you so much that I thought I'd be enough by myself
I never would have guessed that you'd need to have somebody else
The first time I caught you it almost broke my heart
It was with poor old James in the back of the car in the back of the park
After a few more, I should have known we were through
Now I know it's all my fault, I could have done so much more for you
but back then I blamed you, I said some things I shouldn't have said
and then you went away, and since then I've been chasing you round and round in my head
(C)
So I bought an old car and I drove it towards Kalamazoo
because that's where poor old James told me that I could find you
I stayed between those lines on the highway for a couple of days
In my head I asked for forgiveness in a hundred different ways
My windshield was frozen and my lips were dry and cracked
I'd been kissing the devil and she'd been kissing me back
The wind it was howling and the snow blew as I came into town
And I knew right away by the way the moon smiled that you were somewhere around
I went to the address poor old James had given to me
a busted-up old house and a frozen willow tree
You were in the kitchen with red bruises on your face
You told me you were sorry, and said we had to leave before it was too late
Well I had poor old James's gun with me that cold day in December
and when he came through the door, it went off and that's the last thing I remember
(C)
[Along with some extra lines about Caroline, getting cold, wishing she could come home, etc.]