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 shining

Like lightning, oh, white lightning

Carmen, Carmen, stayin' up till morning

Only seventeen, but she walks these streets so mean

It's alarming, truly, how disarming you can be

Eating 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...

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

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...

Like lightnin', oh, white lightning

Like lightnin', oh, white lightning

Darlin', darlin', doesn't have a problem

Lyin' to herself, 'cause the liquor's top shelf