Darlin', darlin', doesn't have a problem
Lyin' to herself 'cause her liquour's top shelf
It's alarmin', honestly, how charming she can be
Fooling everyone, tellin' hun she's having fun
She says, "You don't want to be like me
Don't wanna see all the things I've seen
I'm dyin', I'm dyin'"
She says, "You don't want to get this way
Famous and dumb at an early age
I'm lyin', I'm lyin'"
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
She gives them butterflies, bats for her cartoon eyes
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
Buy her tonight, she's still shinin'
Like lightnin', oh, like lightnin'n'n'
Carmen, Carmen, stayin' up till mornin'
Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean
It's alarmin', truly, how disarmin' you can be
Eating soft ice cream, Coney Island Queen
She says, "You don't want to be like me
Lookin' for fun, getting high for free
I'm dyin', I'm dyin'"
She says, "You don't want to get this way
Street walk at night, and a star by day
It's tirin', tirin'"
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
She gives them butterflies, bats for her cartoon eyes
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
Buy her tonight, she's still shinin'
Like lightnin', oh, like lightnin'n'n'
Baby's all dressed up with no where to go
That's the little story of the girl you know
Relyin' on the kindness of strangers
Tying cherry knots, smilin', doing party favors
Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on
Sing your song, song, now the camera's on
And you're alive again
Mon amour
Je sais que tu m'aimes aussi
Tu as besoin de moi
Tu as besoin de moi dans ta vie
Tu ne peux vivre sans moi
Et je mourrais sans toi
Je tuerais pour toi
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
She gives them butterflies, je sais que tu m'aimes
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
Buy her tonight, she's still shining
Like lightnin', oh, like lightnin'n'n'
Like lightnin', oh, like lightnin'n'n'
Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem
Lying to herself cause her liquour's top shelf
