Carolyn The Teenage Queen Song Lyrics and Chords by The Lonesome River Band
Carolyn The Teenage Queen
Recorded by Lonesome River Band
Written by Wendy Smith
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When I was pushing thirty
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she was in her
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teens
Oh how she loved me this
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pretty teenage
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But a few years after marriage
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she loved me no
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more
When I was pushing forty she was
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barely twenty
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four
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Then the trouble started be
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tween Carolyn and
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me
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I was satisfied at home but
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she longed to be
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free
Been
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searching for that something and the
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pastures looked so
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green
Through the eyes of Carolyn
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Carolyn the teenage
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queen
Each day her love grew colder at
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night she'd go to
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town
Gossip came to me
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Carolyn was running
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round
I didn't want to believe it but
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knew it must be
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true
I couldn't stand to lose her so
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knew what I must
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do
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Carolyn I was thinking as
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I cleaned my
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gun
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Go out and have a good time it's
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your last night of
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fun
Twelve
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o'clock one o'clock till a
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quarter till
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I'm still burning the midnight oil
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waiting up for
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you
Car pulled in the driveway the
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man wore a badge and
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Said you got a wife named Carolyn
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I think you better
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come
In a wreck out on the highway
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she'd met her final
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end
I stared in her face so deathly white she
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cheated me once
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again
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Each night I think of Carolyn
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laying beneath the
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soil
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Each night my mind grows weaker as I
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burn the midnight
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oil
My
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mind has thoughts of her bad sides that
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my heart's never
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I'm still in love with Carolyn C
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arolyn the teenage q
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ueen
I'm still in love with Carolyn
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Carolyn the teenage
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queen
FAQ
Who sang the the song Carolyn The Teenage Queen?
- The song Carolyn The Teenage Queen was sang by The Lonesome River Band.
Who is The Lonesome River Band?
- The Lonesome River Band is an American contemporary bluegrass band. The band has released 15 recording projects since its formation in 1982. Lonesome River Band is led by Sammy Shelor who is a member of the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame and a 5-Time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year Award recipient. The band has experienced numerous personnel changes over the years, and has not included an original member since Tim Austin left the band in 1995 to focus on Doobie Shea Records.On November 11, 2011, band member Sammy Shelor was awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Shelor was presented with the award on the Late Show with David Letterman. Following the presentation of the award, Steve Martin performed with the Lonesome River Band.
