Carmelita
Fred Eaglesmith
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Down along the railroad track I ran into my old friend Jack He was dressed in his Sunday best But his face was red and his eyes were dead He said, "I lost Marina, and the last place that I seen her She was makin' off with my best friend" I took him to the water I spentfifty dollars On something that would take him to the moon Well, he must have gone to heaven 'Cause just before I left him I tried to wake him up, but he wouldn't move So come on Carmelita You drank too much and I can see that Soon you're gonna need a breath of air We'll dance across the wheat fields There's a place I know just east of here And it wouldn't take too long to go down there We'll sleep out on the ground, and in the morning when we wake up We'll leave town Well, 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 I'll cut you with this knife So come on Carmelita You drank too much and I can see that Soon you're gonna need a breath of air We'll dance across the wheat fields There's a place I know just east of here And it wouldn't take too long to go down there We'll sleep out on the ground And in the morning when we wake up We'll leave town There ain't any flack, man But if you're a black man They'll put you on a plane back to where you're from So come on Carmelita
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