Oh, Caroline, don't leave me
Keep on wearing your wedding gown
Oh, Caroline, believe me
And look to the red sundown,
red sundown
A man who loves a girl
And waits for her so long
Finds a life of joy until
she does him wrong
Oh, false -hearted woman,
on the day we were to wed
I found the love you were thinking of
And I left him there for dead
Oh, Caroline, don't leave me
Keep on wearing your wedding gown
Oh, Caroline, believe me,
and look to the red sundown,
red sundown.
Oh, Caroline, my love,
this is our wedding day,
But, Caroline, my love,
they're taking me away.
And, Caroline, you know,
not far from the edge of town
There's a cottonwood tree
waitin' there for me
in the light of the red sun down.
Oh, Caroline, don't leave me.
Keep a -wearin' your wedding gown.
Oh, Caroline, believe me,
and look to the red sun down.
Red sun down.
The day is almost gone
into the settin' sun.
By tomorrow's dawn,
my troubles will be done
Oh, darling Caroline,
put on your wedding gown
And say a prayer that we'll
meet somewhere
in the light of the red sun down
Oh, Caroline, don't leave me,
keep on wearing your wedding gown
Oh, Caroline, believe me,
and follow the red sun down
Way down, way down,
red sun down