If you ever come back home to Carolina
'Cause I look in the mirror and all I see
Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
Are your brown eyes looking back at me
Did you think I didn't need you here?
Your little girl is off to Tennessee
I wonder what you'd say to me
Sometimes I think about you
Forgiveness is such a simple word
There's sunny skies as far as I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
The woman that your little girl has grown up to be
Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
I wonder what you'd say to me
There's sunny skies as far as I can see
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To hold my hand, to dry my tears?
They're the only thing you ever gave to me at all
Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
Wonder if you're out there somewhere thinking 'bout me
Help me dress for my high school prom like mothers do
And just in case you're wondering about me
From now on I won't be in Carolina
Your little girl is off, your little girl is off
And would you even recognize
Songwriters: Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Kellie Pickler, Karyn Rochelle
That you weren't there to braid my hair like mothers do
But it's so hard to do when you've been hurt
Did you even miss me through the years at all?
You weren't around to cheer me on
I think about how it ain't fair