20 minutes south of Nashville town, there's a boy riding on a bike
Grass stained tee and 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 got his pain, one day he will combine
That boy from Tennessee's never crossed her mind
Ten hours away she's growing up beside him
Meanwhile in Carolina
Boy grows up writing songs about love, county only knows at 16
Whether in between classes or baseball practices, thinking about girls they've seen
And there's a wandering about forever, prayer he always pray
And in a beach town by the water, is there 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 got his pain, one day he will combine
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
Meanwhile in Carolina
Meanwhile in Tennessee
Every turn he learns something
About what it takes to keep her when he finds her
And God lets him in on the secret he's been hiding
And meanwhile in Carolina, there's a girl with eyes of green
That's everything and more that my mind could ever dream
Two stories got his pain, that day that he combined
That boy from Tennessee can't believe how he landed
That girl he was looking for that whole time was
Meanwhile in Carolina
Meanwhile in Carolina
Meanwhile in Carolina