She comes home from work every night,   Sits in her apartment hoping the phone would ring,   Ends up staying home to watch TV,   Makes excuses for herself she can't begin to believe,   Someone's bound to call tomorrow night, just wait and see      Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?   When're you gonna learn you simply can't give your heart away?   Face it now, you're not 16   You've been hurt inside enough to know what the price of love can be      And things can get hard to explain   Like when your little daughter asks where her daddy's gone   And you can't bear to put her on   She's all that you have got, so do the best you can   When she's old enough, you hope that she will understand      Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?   Why is it love just seems to pass you by?   Finally, I hope you'll see   They've been taking you for granted and you just can't let that be      Putting trust into   Guys who don't deserve the time of day   If you only knew   He'll take what he can get from you   Then, like the rest, he'll leave you too   It's the same old story      And maybe you'll find someone new   Who'll move in your apartment and can't stand to sleep alone   And you've convinced yourself he's all your own   When he stayed in one place long enough, then it's time to go   I'd hate to be the one to say I told you so      Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?   When're you gonna learn you simply can't give your heart away?   Face it now, you're not 16   You've been hurt inside enough to know what the price of love can be      Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?   (Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?)   Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?   (Whatcha gonna do, Darlene?)   (repeat and fade out)