[Verse 1]

Home is where my heart is still beating

I don't know when I'll see her again

I hate to see her cry when I'm leaving

But now I'm a thousand miles away again

[Chorus]

And she feels like Carolina

Looks like California

Shining like those New York lights on Broadway

And when she looks back, I'm behind her

I'll always be there for her

She makes me feel like home's not so far away

She feels like Carolina

[Verse 2]

It's hard to understand the way I'm living

And I know she thinks I'm never coming home (Never coming home)

But I miss her pretty smile, and I'm coming back in a little while

But I'm a thousand miles away again

[Chorus]

And she feels like Carolina

Looks like California

Shining like those New York lights on Broadway

And when she looks back, I'm behind her

I'll always be there for her

She makes me feel like home's not so far away

She feels like Carolina

[Verse 3]

No matter how far I go, you know I can't stop thinking about her

And there's nothing like the way I feel

The way I feel when I'm beside her

[Bridge]

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

[Chorus]

And she feels like Carolina

Looks like California

Shining like those New York lights on Broadway

And when she looks back, I'm behind her

I'll always be there for her

She makes me feel like home's not so far away

[Outro]

Carolina (Carolina)

California (California)

Like home's not so far away

She feels like Carolina (Carolina)

Looks like California (California)

She makes me feel like home's not so far away

She makes me feel like home's not so far away