There's a place where the sun don't shine And the birds keep time with the pines up a-yonder That's the home of my Caroline She's dancing in the sky Oh, how sweet when we meet On the golden streets of the Great White Valley These old chains around my feet They're pulling me back down Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home, just any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied 'Til your name's next to mine My bones do break and my hands do shake As I lie in the wake of time's cruel slaughter But if I die before I wake I'm gonna see my Caroline Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home, just any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied 'Til your name's next to mine There's a place where the sun don't shine And the birds keep time with the pines up a-yonder That's the home of my Caroline She's dancing in the sky Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home, just any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied 'Til your name's next to mine Caroline, my Caroline I'll be home, just any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied 'Til your name's next to mine