Darlin', darlin'

Doesn't have a problem

Lyin' to herself

'Cause her liquor's top shelf

It's alarming honestly

How charming she can be

Fooling everyone

Telling them she's having fun

She says, "You don't want to be like me, don't want to 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"

Lyin', I'm lyin'

The boys, the girls

They all like Carmen

She gives them butterflies

Bats her cartoon eyes

She laughs like God

Her mind's like a diamond

Audiotune lies

She's still shinin'

Like lightning

White lightning

Carmen, Carmen

Staying up till morning

Only 17, but she walks the streets so mean

It's alarming truly

How disarming you can be

Eatin' soft ice cream

Coney Island queen

She says, "You don't want to be like me, lookin' for fun,

Gettin' 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 her cartoon eyes

She laughs like God

Her mind's like a diamond

Audiotune lies

She's still shinin'

Like lightning

White lightning

Baby's all dressed up with nowhere to go

That's the little story of the girl you know

Relying on the kindness of strangers

Tying cherry knots

Smiling, doing party favours

Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on

Sing your song, song, now the camera's on

And you're alive again

The boys, the girls

They all like Carmen

She gives them butterflies

Bats her cartoon eyes

She laughs like God

Her mind's like a diamond

Audiotune lies

She's still shinin'

Like lightning

White lightning.

Darlin', darlin'

Doesn't have a problem

Lyin' to herself

'Cause her liquor's top shelf