Carmelita Lyrics - Singles - Cowboy Junkies

Down along the railroad track 

I ran into my old friend Jack 

He was dressed in his Sunday best 

but his face was mad and his eyes was a daze 

He said 'I lost Marina 

and the last place that I'd seen her 

she was making off 

with my best friend' 

I took him to the water 

I spent fifty dollars 

on something that would take him to the moon 

Well he must have gone to heaven 

cuz just before I left him 

I tried to wake him up 

but he would not move 

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So come on Carmelita, 

you drunk too much 

and I can see that 

soon you're gonna need a breath of air 

We'll dance across the wheatfields 

There's a place I know just east of here 

It wouldn't take too long to drive out there 

We'll sleep out on the ground 

and in the morning when we wake up 

we'll leave town 

And I picked my last tobacco leaf 

Soaking wet up to my knees 

out there before the sun is on the rise 

You can have a drink of water 

but don't you look at my daughter 

or I'll come down there and cut you with this knife 

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So come on Carmelita 

You drunk too much 

and I can see that 

soon you're gonna need a breath of air 

We'll dance across the wheatfields 

There's a place I know just east of here 

It wouldn't take too long to (?) 

We'll sleep out on the ground 

and in the morning when we wake up 

we'll leave town 

There ain't any flat man 

but if you are a black man 

they'll put you on a plane 

back from where you're from 

We'll sleep out on the ground 

and in the morning when we wake up 

we'll leave town