(Randy Albright/Jim Elliot/Mark D. Sanders)
Emmylou Harris & Vince Gill

Sunrise through the evergreens another day is born
The hills take on a golden glow a Carolina morn
I used to see you in her eyes now I just got to know
Oh Carolina, how could you let her go.

Oh, oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Oh, oh Carolina, I would have never gone.

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I thought the beauty of your hills would hold her here for me
I never dreamed while I was gone you'd ever set her free.

I trusted you with all my heart and the only love I've known
Oh Carolina, how could you let her go?

Oh, oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Oh, oh Carolina, I would have never gone.

Oh, oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Oh, oh Carolina, I would have never gone
I would have never gone.

--- Instrumental to fade ---