Carolyn let me tell you what I've 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 night time like day      There they say he met up with some women   Dressed in yellow and scarlet   That 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   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      Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own   And sometimes when he's lonely   And I believe that man might do that sometimes out of spite   But Carolyn a man will do that always   When he's treated bad at home