Carmelita

[Verse 1]

I hear mariachi static on my radio

And the tubes they glow in the dark

And I'm there with her in Ensenada

And I'm here in Echo Park

[Chorus]

Carmelita, hold me tighter

I think I'm sinkin' down

And I'm all strung out on heroin

On the outskirts of town

[Verse 2]

Where I'm sittin' here playin' solitaire

With my pearl-handled deck

The county won't give me no more methadone

And they cut off your welfare check

[Chorus]

Carmelita, hold me tighter

I think I'm sinkin' down

And I'm all strung out on heroin

On the outskirts of town

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona

And I went to meet my man

He hangs out down on Alvarado Street

By the Pioneer Chicken stand

[Chorus]

Carmelita, hold me tighter

I think I'm sinkin' down

And I'm all strung out on heroin

On the outskirts of town

Carmelita, hold me tighter

I think I'm sinkin' down

And I'm all strung out on heroin

On the outskirts of town