Carmelita
Warren Zevon

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I hear Mariachi static on my radio
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And the tubes they glow in the dark

And I'm there with her in Ensenada
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And I'm here in Echo Park

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Carmelita, hold me tighter
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I think I'm sinking down
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And I'm all strung out on heroin
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On the outskirts of town
 
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Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
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With my pearl-handled deck

The county won't give me no more methadone
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They cut off your welfare check

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

BREAK ONE VERSE AND ONE CHORUS

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Well, I pawned my Smith-Corona
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And I went to meet my man

He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
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By the Pioneer chicken stand

CHORUS 2X
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Carmelita, hold me tighter
  D                 G
I think I'm sinking down
        D                 A
And I'm all strung out on heroin
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On the outskirts of town