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 Audio tune lies, she's still shining Like lightning, light, like lightning

Carmen, carmen, staying up til morning Only seventeen, but she walks the 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 Looking for fun, get me high for free I'm dying, I'm dying She says you don't want to get this way Street walking at night, and a star by day It's tiring, tiring