Carolina Burns

Nothing sticks around like a Statesville dream
Only think about you if you think about me
I got five tattoos that you've never seen, isn't that strange?

I didn't give it up, felt like I did
Lost mostly all of my innocence
And my heart still shows all your fingerprints
Don't think it'll change

It doesn't even hurt, you ain't even mine
But there's something 'bout the first that keeps me up at night
Oh, for better or for worse, from time to time
Carolina still burns in the back of my, back of my mind

We won't cross paths, I won't see you out
'Cause it's a long way from Tennessee to wherever you are now
I still wear a grudge like a fucked-up crown
But I still wish you well, somewhere deep down, oh

It doesn't even hurt, you ain't even mine
But there's something 'bout the first that keeps me up at night
Oh, for better or for worse, from time to time
Carolina still burns in the back of my, back of my mind

Back of my heart
Part of me's still in the back of your car
When I left town, thought I left you
But there's still some ties that I can't cut loose

Shouldn't even hurt, I should be fine
But I sing about the hell, I still think about the high
Oh, for better or for worse, from time to time
Carolina still burns in the back of my, back of my mind (ah)

Back of my mind
Carolina still burns
Back of my mind
Carolina still burns