Carmelita lyrics

Song information

Artist: Warren Zevon
Album: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)

Lyrics

I hear mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
But you're there in ensenada
And I'm stuck here in echo park

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Every time I hear the sirens wail
You know I almost have the heart attack
And her b-big samoan boyfriend says he's gonna
Come and break my back

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

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

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin

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[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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