I watched her stand before me
With a different look today
She'd never worn that makeup
Or looked at me that way
And with udder fascination
I heard what she said
And I watched her lips form phrases
That would never leave my head

She twirrled her hair and she grinned
As her blue sundress danced with the wind
And now I wish that I'd known then

That I could have stayed with you forever
Can't find my way out of those eyes
As the wind whipped all around us
Beneath the Carolina Sky

And if I could have told you
What I didn't at the time
That I'd be stuck within this moment
For the rest of my life

She asked if we could talk
One day after school
So we sat out on my pickup truck one autumn afternoon
The girl I saw as my buddy
She saw me as something else
So I acted suprised
Even though I could always tell

She twirrled her hair and she grinned
I watched as her blue sundress danced with the wind
And now I wish that I'd known then

That I could have stayed with you forever
Can't find my way out of those eyes
As the wind whipped all around us
Beneath the Carolina Sky

And if I could have told you
What I didn't at the time
That I'd be stuck within this moment
For the rest of my life

Even now some years later
It haunts me everyday
And my rational escapes me
And the words they slip away
And I find myself longing
Ever longing for that look
Cause I can't breathe when I think about her
And I dream about her touch

I could have stayed with you forever
Can't find my way out of those eyes
As the wind whipped all around us
Beneath the Carolina Sky

And I wish I would have told her
What I didn't at the time
That I'd be stuck within this moment
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life
Yeah