Carmelita - Warren Zevon

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