Song Description

A man and woman who loved each other in their youth, split apart and then found each other 40 years later

Lyrics

caroline you made me wait
i remember you back in sixty eight
unbearably beautiful
with fire in your pale green eyes
silver butterflies
around your throat
i wanted to finish what we'd begun
i was there but you were moving on
in the bitter dying summer days
i hid in a hundred hideaways
on the edge of madness on the borderline
missing my caroline

caroline you made me wait
i remember you back in seventy eight
mother of two
with love in your pale green eyes
paper butterflies
above their beds
i wanted to talk about what we'd begun
but he knew where i was coming from
in the dark decaying autumn days
i tried in a hundred different ways
walking the wild and windy shoreline
missing my caroline

caroline you made me wait
i remember you back in eighty eight
a wife but not a lover
boredom in your pale green eyes
faded butterflies
on the nursery walls
i wanted to awaken what we'd begun
i hated to see what you'd become
in the dead and dreary winter days
i lit my fires and set my life ablaze
and started back down the line
wanting my caroline

caroline you made me wait
all the way until ninety eight
lovelier than ever
passion in your pale green eyes
iridescent butterflies
and the buds of may
we took right hold of what we'd begun
felt the rhythm of the springtime drum
we spent those early summer days
in a hundred different hideaways
making up for missing time
kissing my caroline