Low Rider Lyrics - Jim Carroll

Johnny's trapping stars in his car 

With the radio on 

In the parking lot 

Lily heard a sound 

While they were going down 

Someone on el camino had been shot 

Carmelita stared 

She really cared for that boy 

He meant a lot 

Carmelita, she came over the border 

Immigration man saw her 

She wouldn't take a short order 

But it was so far behind her 

She had her heart on the wire 

She became a low rider 

Immigration's full of strange language strains 

Rules carmelita never learned in school 

Not in school 

But in the streets of mexico 

She came to know 

That borderlines were made to walk through 

Her daddy said you're fine, 

You're not the water, you're the wine 

You can take and make it all new 

So make it new 

Carmelita, she came over the border 

Immigration man saw her 

'cause she refused to take a short order 

But it was easy to find her 

She joined the boulevard choir 

When he became a low rider 

Sometimes in the dark 

Some things just go wrong 

And it peels into the night just like a knife 

Like a knife 

They stab you so cold 

The blood is bottled and sold 

All she wanted was a radio to hold 

But she said dying makes her feel so old 

Carmelita, she came over the border 

Immigration man snagged her 

'cause she wouldn't take a short order 

But it was easy to find her 

She joined the boulevard choir 

When she became a low rider