Текст песни: Karoline With a K + перевод

She boarded a westbound ship in 1880-something

When the ice had finally melted off the deep Norwegian fjords

Leaving behind her a little more than nothing

The family farm and the nineteen years that had gone before

In one hand was a bag of pitiful belongings

The other held onto her little sister’s arm

Mother and Father, they followed close behind her

She was the only one they trusted since they left the farm

And the vessel left the harbor and they braved the north Atlantic sea

Even breathing seemed unfamiliar as they headed for the Land of the Free

Learnin' 'bout herself along the way

Now she was Karoline with a K

The family found their home in central Minnesota

Where the men broke rocks and the women kept them fed

Karoline was courted by a man twenty years her senior

On a pale blue sky day in the fall, they wed

And the summers lasted longer, but the winter’s frost was just as cold

Let her feel like she belonged there as the seasons would unfold

Minnesota was where she was bound to stay

Where she was Karoline with a K

I don’t know if she ever asked herself if she was truly happy

I read nothing between the lines in the letters that she wrote

To the rest of the world she’s simply a statistic

One of many hopeful faces comin' off the boat

But to me, she was a believer before anyone had called it the American Dream

To a future so uncertain, she closed her eyes and took a giant leap

A distant relative who paved the way

Yeah, she was Karoline with a K

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Yeah, she was Karoline with a K

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