[00:11.89]Darlin', darlin', doesn't have a problem
[00:16.61]Lyin' to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf
[00:21.16]It's alarmin', honestly, how charming she can be
[00:25.99]Fooling everyone, tellin' 'em she's having fun
[00:30.61]
[00:30.80]She says, "You don't wanna be like me
[00:33.52]Don't wanna see all the things I've seen
[00:35.53]I'm dyin', I'm dyin'"
[00:39.87]
[00:40.36]She says, "You don't wanna get this way
[00:43.04]Famous and dumb at an early age
[00:45.22]Lyin', I'm lyin'"
[00:49.70]
[00:50.08]The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
[00:54.67]She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes
[00:59.48]She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
[01:04.47]Audio tune lies, she's still shining
[01:09.90]Like lightning, whoa, like lightning
[01:18.30]
[01:18.79]Carmen, Carmen, stayin' up till mornin'
[01:23.72]Only seventeen but she walks the streets so mean
[01:28.13]It's alarmin', truly, how disarmin' you can be
[01:33.36]Eatin' soft ice cream, Coney Island queen
[01:37.78]
[01:38.03]She says, "You don't wanna be like me
[01:40.27]Lookin' for fun, gettin' high for free
[01:42.75]I'm dyin', I'm dyin'"
[01:47.22]
[01:47.47]She says, "You don't wanna get this way
[01:49.90]Streetwalk at night, and a star by day
[01:52.35]It's tirin', tirin
[01:56.83]
[01:57.02]The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
[02:01.74]She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes
[02:06.66]She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
[02:11.47]Audio tune lies, she's still shining
[02:17.16]Like lightning, whoa, like lightning
[02:25.68]
[02:26.06]Baby's all dressed up with nowhere to go
[02:30.92]That's the little story of the girl you know
[02:35.52]Relyin' on the kindness of strangers
[02:40.34]Tyin' cherry knots, smilin', doin' party favors
[02:45.30]Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on
[02:50.54]Sing your song, song, now, the camera's on
[02:55.12]And you're alive again
[02:59.10]
[03:18.93]The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
[03:23.66]She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes
[03:28.38]She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond
[03:33.29]Audio tune lies, she's still shining
[03:38.78]Like lightning, whoa, like lightning
[03:48.30]Like lightning, whoa, like lightning
[03:56.76]
[03:57.20]Darling, darlin', doesn't have a problem
[04:02.10]Lyin' to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf
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