Carmelita — Linda Ronstadt

written by Warren Zevon © 1972 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp & Darkroom Music (BMI)

I hear mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I'm there with you in Ensenada And I'm 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 pawned my Smith and Wesson And I went to meet my man He hangs out down on Alvarado Street At 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

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

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