When I was pushin’ thirty she was in her teens
Oh, how she loved me this pretty teenage queen
But a few years after marriage she loved me no more
When I was pushin’ forty she was barely twentyfour

Then the trouble started between Carolyn and me
I was satisfied at home but she longed to be free
Been searchin’ for that somethin’ and the pastures looked so green
Through the eyes of Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen

Each day her love grew colder, at night she’d go to town
Gossip came to me Carolyn was running round
I didn’t want to believe it but I knew it must be true
I couldn’t stand to lose her so I knew what I must do

Carolyn, I was thinking as I cleaned my gun
Go out and have a good time it’s your last night of fun
Twelve o’clock, one o’clock, then a quarter ’til two
I’m still burnin’ the midnight oil waitin’ up for you

A car pulled in the driveway, the man wore a badge and gun
Said you got a wife named Carolyn, I think you’d better come
In a wreck out on the highway she’d met her final end
I starin’ in her face so deathly white she cheated me once again

Each night I think of Carolyn layin’ beneath the soil
Each night my mind grows weaker as I burn the midnight oil
My mind has thoughts of her bad side that my heart’s never seen
I’m still in love with Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen
I’m still in love with Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen

[1] When I was pushin’ thirty she was in her teens
Oh, how she loved me this [4] pretty teenage [1] queen
But a few years after marriage she loved me no more
When I was pushin’ forty she was [4] barely twenty–[1]-four

[5] Then the trouble started be-[4]-tween Carolyn and [1] me
[5] I was satisfied at home but [4] she longed to be [5] free
Been [1] searchin’ for that somethin’ and the pastures looked so green
Through the eyes of Carolyn, Caro-[4]-lyn the teenage [1] queen

Each day her love grew colder, at night she’d go to town
Gossip came to me Carolyn was running round
I didn’t want to believe it but I knew it must be true
I couldn’t stand to lose her so I knew what I must do

Carolyn, I was thinking as I cleaned my gun
Go out and have a good time it’s your last night of fun
Twelve o’clock, one o’clock, then a quarter ’til two
I’m still burnin’ the midnight oil waitin’ up for you

A car pulled in the driveway, the man wore a badge and gun
Said you got a wife named Carolyn, I think you’d better come
In a wreck out on the highway she’d met her final end
I starin’ in her face so deathly white she cheated me once again

Each night I think of Carolyn layin’ beneath the soil
Each night my mind grows weaker as I burn the midnight oil
My mind has thoughts of her bad side that my heart’s never seen
I’m still in love with Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen
I’m still in love with Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen