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Carolyn the Teenage Queen

By:Wendy Smith · Source Recording: The Lonesome River Band (1996)

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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 runnin' '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

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By:Wendy Smith · Source Recording:The Lonesome River Band (1996)

Song Details

Songwriter
Wendy Smith
First Release
Wendy Smith and the Windy Mountain Boys (1967)
Genres
Contemporary Bluegrass
Themes
Lost Love Infidelity Death and Mourning
Jam Popularity

History

Source Recording

Artist
The Lonesome River Band
Album
One Step Forward cover One Step Forward (1996)
Key B Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 112 BPM Length 3:27
Musicians

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