This came out of an assignment 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. 

© 2000 Steven E. Cutts 
recorded in 2004 at Bias Studio (recorded and mixed by Jim Robeson) 
on my ONE/THIRD album 

Steve, acoustic guitar, vocal 
Ron Stewart, banjo 
Casey O’Neal, dobro 
Jim Robeson, bass
 

All she ever wants is to walk in the morning and listen to the sounds at the sun’s first rays.   

All she ever wants is to lie down beside me at the close of the day.   

All she ever needs is a gentle word, a reminder that everything’s OK.   

You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.  You can’t live more at peace than Caroline   

 ‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.  
   

I could make a list that would go on forever of everything I think that the world owes me.   

I easily forget ‘tis a gift to be simple  ‘tis a gift to be free.   

But Caroline reminds me that even in the common pleasures  I can find a jubilee.   

You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.  You can’t live more at peace than Caroline   

‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.  
   

When I first met Caroline, she was a puppy just three months old   

Stumbling ‘round her big new world -- couldn’t even do what she was told.   

Now when I’m with Caroline, school’s in session, but look who is teaching whom a lesson!   
   

All she ever wants is to ride by the window open to the highway and a stiff cool breeze.   

All she ever wants is to run with that collie who lives down our street.   

All she ever needs is for me to pat her on the head and fix her something fine to eat.   

You can’t be more at ease than Caroline.  You can’t live more at peace than Caroline   

‘Cause Caroline has all she ever, all she ever wants.