From the recording All She Ever Wants (bluegrass version)
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">This came out of an assignment given in a workshop I took with songwriter Steve Seskin in the summer of 2000 at the Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville, N.C. There is a second version of this by my long-time collaborator Rob Bartley in the “Rockin’ ” category.<br /><br /></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><em>© 2000 Steven E. Cutts</em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><strong> </strong><span><strong>recorded in 2004</strong> at Bias Studio (recorded and mixed by Jim Robeson)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">on my ONE/THIRD album<br /><br /></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Steve, <em>acoustic guitar, vocal</em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Ron Stewart, <em>banjo</em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Casey O’Neal, <em>dobro</em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Jim Robeson, <em>bass</em></span></span></li>
</ul>
Lyrics
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever wants is to walk in the morning </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> and listen to the sounds at the sun’s first rays.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever wants is to lie down beside me</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> at the close of the day.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever needs is a gentle word, a reminder that</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> everything’s OK.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t live more at peace than Caroline</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> ‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I could make a list that would go on forever</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> of everything I think that the world owes me.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I easily forget ‘tis a gift to be simple</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> ‘tis a gift to be free.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">But Caroline reminds me that even in the common pleasures</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> I can find a jubilee.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t live more at peace than Caroline</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> ‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">When I first met Caroline, she was a puppy just three months old</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Stumbling ‘round her big new world -- couldn’t even do what she was</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">told.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Now when I’m with Caroline, school’s in session, but look who is</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">teaching whom a lesson!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever wants is to ride by the window</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> open to the highway and a stiff cool breeze.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever wants is to run with that collie</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> who lives down our street.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">All she ever needs is for me to pat her on the head</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> and fix her something fine to eat.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You can’t live more at peace than Caroline</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> ‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.</span></span></p>