Warren Zevon — Carmelita Live Wmmr-Fm

[Intro] Alright, we'd like to do another song about the dolce beat of Southern California [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 Ooh-ooh-ooh [Instrumental Break] [Interlude] Smell those quesadillas And quavers [Verse 3] 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 [Outro] Now it's time to get down Rodney, funky, salsa and doom Disco doom