I hear mariachi static on the radio
and the tubes they glow in the dark.
And I'm there with her in Encinada
when I'm here in Echo Park
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Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinkin down.
And I'm all strung-out on heroin
on the out--skirts of town.
Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson
and I went to meet my man.
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
by the Pioneer Chicken stand.
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Well I'm sittin' here playin' russian roulet
with my pearl handled gun.
The county won't give me no more methadone
and they cut off your welfare check.
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