Carolina Sunrise

I remember when your eyes would close Calling softly in the neon glow Their pulling me in Their telling me things I already know Now their looking somewhere far away Far away to places I can't go I'm leaving this here You're already steering down that road Carolina sunrise Dreaming of a palomino moonlight She knows every stop along the way Carolina Sunrise Dreaming of a palomino moonlight Picking all the palm trees on the hills she'll spend her days And I've been chasing those red taillights ever since Found her vices in the desert sand Her reflection in the Rio Grande It wasn't the same By Santa Fe it was faded and wan Caught up with her in the palisades The fire had already started to fade We tried to pick up what she left in the dust but there was nothing to say Carolina sunrise Dreaming of a palomino moonlight She knows every stop along the way Carolina Sunrise Dreaming of a palomino moonlight Checking all the palm trees where she swore she'd carve her name Now I'm drinking to forget that taillight fade