PETTY CAROL

I first met Carol

within the walls of high school

She was watching me

staring at her

She sure was pretty

They thought her crazy

Her soul was the bruised by parents

She was needing them

looking for love

She had to leave them

I showed her the way to pleasures

though we never touched all the bases

I really had some thrills

She needed love

but I was young

what did I know?

I made her go

to him

She first met Johnny

behind the wheel of hot rod

He was asking her

and I watched her go

She had to leave me

They sparked a baby

But its life cut short

by the tangle they had tied

She had to leave him

And sometimes I get to feeling guilty

‘cause I could have helped

ease her sorry and her pain

though I knew she needed love

what did I care?

it all seemed fair to me

She works an airline

She knows what lies at the next port of call

She likes them young

She shows them the way to pleasures

they never touch all the bases

but they lay on all the frills

She’s needing love

It helps the day

What does she know?

It seems the way

For her

I last saw Carol

catching rays at high noon

I was watching her

staring at me

She sure was pretty

I was needing love

how could she care?

what did she know?

I had to turn

And go

Pretty Carol

Pretty Carol

Pretty Carol

Pretty Carol