we first met some years ago
in some smallest country town
and you were pretty as the sunset in vermont
i remember that first kiss
and what your eyes were saying to me
they were hungry for the love that i could give
now surround
telling bad jokes about the things we used to do
i'm as lonely as a carolina moon
and i'm guessing so are you
had to go our separate ways
just a feeling that we had
like the keys who know to leave when fall is near
you were so afraid of love and so afraid of being hurt
that we couldn't get to see the things we'd see
nights around
telling bad jokes about the things we used to do
i'm as lonely as a carolina moon
and i'm guessing so are you
well and lightning lit the sky
over the highway which i drove
got me thinking about all the storms we had
guess you craved a change of scene or maybe it was me
but we could have made it happened had we tried
and i sit round
telling bad jokes about the things we used to do
i'm as lonely as a carolina moon
and i'm guessing so are you
we laid out one summer night
while the stars were hanging low
and we counted everyone that we could see
you felt restless all that night
cause you were falling hard for me
and you've been in love and couldn't share control
and i sit around telling bad jokes
about the things we used to do
i'm as lonely as a carolina moon
and i'm guessing so are you