They say you were born in St. Clare's Hospital    I say you were born up in the sky    You come floatin' down over New Orleans    To the sweet green levee on the riverside    And your voice chirped like old squeaky shoes    And mama always said we had nothin' to lose    And so we danced on the street corner    Oh Caroline    Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down    Walkin' the same line through every single southern town    Hand-in-hand, your arm 'round mine    Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline    Seen it all changin', watch it change some more    Seen hard times standin' right outside your door    Tell me gal, what's on your mind    Oh Caroline    We were the Cardinals' biggest fans    Turnin' flips like Ozzy Smith all through the night    Till we got traded away    To the red clay southern league up on the Georgia line    You'd be the pitcher and the catcher too    I'm the homerun king for his muscles grew    Gonna knock the cover off this time    Oh Caroline    Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down    Walkin' the same line through every single southern town    Hand-in-hand, your arm 'round mine    Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline    Seen it all changin', and watch it change some more    Seen hard times standin' right outside your door    Tell me gal what's on your mind    Oh Caroline    These are different days    And the pace of the world has us thinkin' there's no time    To turn the other way    Take my hand, we'll walk on down the line    Though we may be a thousand miles apart    A brother and a sister have a single heart    And the beat don't stop for nothin'    Oh Caroline    Heartbroken hard times, they never got us down    Walkin' the same line through every single southern town    Hand-in-hand, your arm round mine    Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline    I seen it all changin', watch it change some more    Seen hard times standin' right outside your door    Tell me gal what's on your mind    Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline    Oh Caroline, Oh Caroline