Gave you my money, gave you my time   Why you wanna hurt me, girl   Are you serious, I`m just curious   Why you wanna hurt me, girl      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl   Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      Never, ever had a lover   Who put the peddle to the metal   And burn rubber on me, Charlene   Oh, no      You took my money, you took my time   Made me think everything was fine   Then you upped and ran away   And made me just go crazy      I never, ever had a lover   Who put the peddle to the metal   And burn rubber on me, Charlene   Oh, no, no, no      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl   Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      I never, ever had a lover   Who put the peddle to the metal   And burn rubber on me, Charlene   Oh, no, no, no      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl   Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      You told me to go up the block   To get you a strawberry pop   When I got back to the flat   You had burned rubber out the back      I went to the closet and saw no clothes   All I saw was hangers and poles   I went to the phone and called your mother   And told me that you had burned rubber on me, Charlene   Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl   Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      I never, ever had a lover   Who put the peddle to the metal   And burn rubber on me, Charlene   Oh, no, no, no, no, oh, no, yeah, yeah      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl   Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      Just because you`re not for real   Why you hurt me, girl      You took my money, you took my time   You made me think everything was fine   Like the clock on the wall said ding-ding-dong   Got to find another lover that won`t be gone      She won`t put the medal to the metal   And burn rubber, burn rubber on me, Charlene   No, no, no, no      Never, ever had a lover   Who put the peddle to the metal   And burn rubber on me, Charlene   No, no, no, no, no, no