Merle Haggard Miscellaneous Carolyn Carolyn let me tell you what I've heard 'bout 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 up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet
Their warm lips like a honey comb dripped with honey
And something about the smell of strange perfume made him feel warm and not alone
Yes, Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own
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.