| I hear mariachi static on my radio
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| And the tubes they glow in the dark
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| 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 sitting here playing solitaire
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| With my pearl-handled deck
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| This county won’t give me no more methadone
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| And 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
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| I pawned my Smith-Corona
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| And I went to meet my man
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| He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
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| By the Pioneer Chicken stand
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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 |