Meanwhile In Carolina

Twenty minutes south of a Nashville town

There's a boy ridin' on a bike

Grass-stained tee and his scraped-up knees

From an older brother backyard fight

Only thing he loves is his mama

And playing catch with his dad

Can't wrap his mind around ever needing

Anything more than that

But meanwhile in Carolina

There's a girl in a princess dress

Running through the kitchen

And dancing on her bed

Two stories God is painting

One day, He will combine 'em

That boy from Tennessee's never crossed her mind, yet

But ten hours away, she's growing up beside him

Meanwhile in Carolina

Boy grows up writing songs about love

Kind he only knows at sixteen

Whether in between classes or baseball practice

He's thinking 'bout girls, it seems

And there's a wonderin' about forever

A prayer he always prays

And in a beach town by the water

Is this one that sounds the same

'Cause meanwhile in Carolina

There's a girl with her best friends

Talking about Prince Charming

Planning forever in their heads

Two stories God is painting

One day, He will combine 'em

That boy from Tennessee's every dream in her mind, but

She's just waiting on the day he comes to find her

Meanwhile in Carolina

Yeah, meanwhile in Carolina

Meanwhile in Tennessee

Every turn, he learns something

About what it'd take to keep her when he finds her

Then God lets him in on the secret He's been hiding

That meanwhile in Carolina

There's a girl with eyes of green

That's everything and more

Than my mind could ever dream

Two stories God was painting

That day that He combined 'em

That boy from Tennessee can't believe how it lined up

That girl he was looking for that whole time was

Meanwhile in Carolina

Meanwhile in Carolina