Just let her walk alone On blindly through the rain She likes to think she's turning wise No one can tell her how But she crashes every time she flies Don't lay a hand on her She can undress herself Even when she's a thousand miles away Eyes steady and bloodless Burning the torch at her own auto-da-fe Caroline, she's running through the window Caroline, she's crawling on the ground Caroline, all the words in the whole world Will never work now Let her smile and cast you off Like a skin she's worn too long The past only changes in her mind She blazed like a candle But she's gone, with the smoke, straight out of time Caroline, she's creeping on the ceiling Caroline, she's crying out loud Caroline, all the words in the whole world Will never work now Caroline, she's running through the window Caroline, she's crawling on the ground Caroline, all the words in the whole world Will never work now