The Merle Haggard Carolyn song was was released in November 1971 as the second single from the album “Someday We’ll Look Back”. The song was Haggard and The Strangers eleventh number one on the Billboard U.S. country singles chart starting January 15, 1972. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart
Play the audio video and see the written lyrics below.
Merle Haggard Carolyn Audio Video
This song was written by Tommy Collins.
Merle Haggard Carolyn Lyrics
Carolyn, let me tell you what I heard about a man today
He didn’t come home from work and he went away
Till he came to a city, bright in the nighttime like day
There they say he met with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet
Their warm lips like a honeycomb, dripped with honey
And somethin’ about the smell of strange perfume
Made him feel warm, and not alone
Yes, Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own
And sometimes when he’s lonely
I believe a man will do that sometimes out of spite
But Carolyn, a man will do that always
When he’s treated bad at home
Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own
And sometimes when he’s lonely
And I believe a man might do that sometimes out of spite
But Carolyn, a man will do that always
When he’s treated bad at home
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