Can't Touch Carolina

You're laughing across the diner booth

Spilling your coffee, speaking truth

Wearing his ring like a silver wall

I'm just the buddy

you call

I bite my tongue till it tastes like

rust

Hiding everything I shouldn't

trust

I want the girl on the other side of town

The one who's settled and nailed on down

I keep my hands in my pockets tight

Praying for sleep

through another lonely night

(yeah, another night)

You ask me why I've been quiet late

I blame the hours and the gravel freight

You fix my collar with gentle care

And leave me dying right there

Your headlights fade down the muddy lane

And I'm left holding this quiet pain

I want the girl on the other side of town

The one who's settled and nailed on down

I keep my hands in my pockets tight

Praying for sleep

through another lonely night

God knows he's a good man,

he treats you kind

So I bury your name in the back of my mind

(oh, I bury it deep)

Just out of reach...

Always out of reach