Carmen

Album: Born To Die (2012)
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  • Darlin', darlin', doesn't have a problem
    Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top-shelf
    It's alarming, honestly, how charming she can be
    Fooling everyone, telling 'em 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 dying, I'm dying"
    She says, "You don't want to get this way
    Famous and dumb at an early age
    Lying, I'm lying"

    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, whoa-whoa
    White 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
    Streetwalk at night, and a star by day
    It's tiring, tiring"

    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, whoa-whoa
    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
    Tyin' cherry knots, smilin', doin' 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, bats her cartoon eyes
    She laughs like God
    Her mind's like a diamond
    Audiotune lies
    She's still shining
    Like lightning, whoa-whoa
    White lightning

    Like lightning, whoa-whoa
    White lightning

    Darlin', darlin', doesn't have a problem
    Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top-shelf Writer/s: Elizabeth Grant, Justin Parker, Lana Del Ray
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Ira from Algeria I love Lana, she is amazing and so special, she sings things she felt, she tell the world her story not like others singers, I can not compare Lana with any singer, she is the best.
  • AnonymousI love this song and I love you so much Lana Del Rey I hope to see you one day love you bye!
  • Lisarowe from UsaCorrections on some of these lyrics:

    It's

    "Famous and dumb at an early age
    Lying, I'm lying"

    "Looking for fun, getting high for free"

    "Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favors"
  • Dinosaur I love this
  • Anna from RussiaI thought that the song was about young, but famous girls that are very pretty and seem rich and happy (fooling everyone that she's having fun, liquor on a top shelf), but actually they need to sleep with required men in exchange for their fame and money (street walk at night, star at day). Just my opinion.
  • SakHmm also Carmen was an opera about a woman that was very popular so I thought maybe it could mean that everyone wants her but her life is not as perfect as it's portrayed? Idk man
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