Chris Hadfield - Caroline lyrics

Caroline is on her own Now her husband has gone away Seems a long time ago That early morning in early May She watched him climb aboard and head across the sea She misses him much more than she can say With two children barely walking And another on the way Caroline is on her own On the farm among the trees Mind the fields, tend the yard Work the garden on hands and knees Her friends are good to her, her family isn't far Monsieur Curie speaks of la Vierge Marie But she wanders by the water And she wonders what he sees In the winter she hears stories Of the men who've left the land She longs to see it with her own eyes She wants to know and understand Caroline is on her own And the pains are coming fast And her sisters are there to help here But they've been crying, it cannot last She seems to break her bonds and lift beyond the room And soar away to see him in a flash And this journey, so newly started Meets a journey that's come to pa**