"Carolyna" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Melanie C. It was released as the second single to be taken from her album, This Time in United Kingdom and European territories. Although Melanie worked hard on promotion for the single, it didn't have the impact that was hoped and sales stalled, also failing to help the sales of This Time. "Carolyna" reached number forty-nine in the UK Singles Chart where it sold over 6,391 copies in the first week, and fared little better in Europe.
In February 2008, the song and its video was put on the playlist of MuchMoreMusic and added to MTV's website in Canada. The song charted at #1 on its first week in MuchMoreMusic singles Top 10. According to EMI Music Canada, "Carolyna" was the first single for the Canadian release of the album This Time in April 2008.
"Carolyna" is a song about a girl who has had a rough start in life and needs to escape to find freedom and happiness. Melanie announced during her interview at Belgium, that she wrote this song after watching a documentary in the America about young kids living in the streets; and that the danger of homelessness was something that always scared her in her childhood.
Just another girl with a dream in her heart
Wanna make a new start with a fire inside of her
She had to go
She couldn't stay around, everybody let her down
Stole the light and the life and the child inside of her
She's so alone
Running for the train
Take her far away from everything she knows
And the way they make her feel
She leaves today
Never look back never lose track already strong
She's seen too much at seventeen
The past will fade with the future that she craves
Carolyna you travel so far
Trying to escape the pain, start again where you are
Carolyna you keep following your star
Nobody said you're beautiful, you're beautiful the way you are
Finally you're free where you long to be
But it won't take long till hits reality
The streets are cold
Big, bad city gonna eat you up
Hard to survive, hard to keep your sanity
Still feeling low
But she's never going home
Carolyna you travel so far...
She tries to rest
All she needs is a warm caress
All she wants is happiness
Carolyna you travel so far...
So beautiful the way you are
So beautiful the way you are
Carolyna you travel so far...