Charlene's I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME but she's been to Paradise, Butte County, California and several other places including one of the thousands of islands owned by Greece. The Nice one?

Lyrics of the Lost

Charlene the one-hit-wonder of 1982 (after a false start in 1976). Here is the fairy-tale story of the almost-rise and fall and then rise and then fall again of Charlene and her big hit of womanly wisdom (as written by 2 men in a conspiracy of the patriarchy). Is Charlene a ghost wandering around a mansion in an old wedding dress? Do ladies marry Englishmen when they're depressed? Sweetshops and sweatshops. Hey Lady! Unglamorous Georgia. Hillbilly talk. Amputating the limbs of preachers. Is a woman an island? Unborn children. Don't walk away, come back! How many Kings have undressed Charlene and who were they? What does Marilyn Monroe have to do with this? What are the things a woman ain't s'posed to see? Dick-pics in 1976. Edward Penishands? Former Vice President Mike Pence. Indian curses. Bavarian waterslides. COST versus FREE. The Arnott's Family Assortment. Is it about Lady Diana? Dustin the Turkey.

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