Caroline
Status Quo (Karaoke) Lyrics


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If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you really want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

If the night time is the right time
Oh anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll

When I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love
Sweet love

Do you still care when I'm not there
Now do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll

If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you rally want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya




Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Status Quo's song "Caroline" express a longing for a lover named Caroline. The singer invites Caroline to turn him on to anything she wants, particularly her love. He expresses his availability for her anytime and anywhere she may need him, even if it means sacrificing his own time. The singer also implies that he is not sure of Caroline's feelings towards him when he is not around. He asks if she still cares and if she wishes he was with her. He wants to know if he can come to her for "sweet love." Overall, the song portrays a desire for a deep and meaningful connection with Caroline.


Line by Line Meaning

If you want to turn me on to
If you want to excite me about something


Now anything you really want to
Anything that interests you, that you are passionate about


Turn me on to your love
Introduce me to your love, show me the depths of your feelings


If the night time is the right time
If that is when you feel most alive or inspired


Oh anytime of yours is my time
I am always available to you, day or night


We can find time for love
We will make time to explore our feelings and deepen our bond


Come on sweet Caroline
An invitation to come closer and deepen the bond between them


You're my sweet Caroline
Expressing affection and desire for the person


You know I wanna take ya
An unequivocal expression of romantic desire


I really gotta make ya
An expression of urgency or insistence


Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll
We can face whatever life throws our way, as long as we face it together


When I'm thinking of you sleeping
When I lay awake at night, with thoughts of the person I love on my mind


I'm at home alone and weeping
Feeling lonely and sorrowful without the person I love close by


Are you keeping your love
Are you still committed to me, and our relationship?


Do you still care when I'm not there
Do you miss me, and value my presence in your life?


Now do you really wish I was there
Do you long for my company, as I long for yours?


Can I come there for love
Can I be with you, and deepen our love for one another?




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: Francis Rossi, Robert Young

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Cesco Mucinelli

If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you really want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

If the night time is the right time
Oh anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll

When I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love
Sweet love

Do you still care when I'm not there
Now do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll

If you want to turn me on to
Now anything you rally want to
Turn me on to your love
Sweet love

Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I wanna take ya
I really gotta make ya
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand, together we can rock'n'roll



All comments from YouTube:

Neil Robinson - Skelmersdale's Estate Agent

The first six seconds of this song is up there as one of the greatest guitar riffs ever written, in my opinion. Very underrated indeed.

JoeNor

Yep

Chucho Satánico

Apollo 440 know it.

gerald ors

💚✌🕵️‍♂️👍🏁👏✌

alexander mathieson

3rd in musical history , in my opinion

asif zaidi

My love and obsession in the late 1970s /80s. All I ever listened to then was Quo

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RevBen F

As someone new to rock n roll in 1973, this was one of the first songs I heard on the radio and it still gets me going now aged 64. RIP Rick Parfitt!!

CellJog

ditto

Terry Harris

The first six seconds of this song is up there as one of the greatest guitar riffs ever written, in my opinion. Very underrated indeed. as Neil robo said

Vasilios Agio

As a kid in the 70s learning guitar this opening riff changed my life

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