Lyrics and translation Flaco Jimenez featuring Dwight Yoakam - Carmelita
I
hear
mariachi
static
on
my
radio
J'entends
du
mariachi
statique
sur
ma
radio
And
the
tubes
they
glow
in
the
dark
Et
les
tubes
brillent
dans
le
noir
And
I'm
there
with
you
in
Ensenada
Et
je
suis
là
avec
toi
à
Ensenada
And
I'm
here
in
Echo
Park
Et
je
suis
ici
à
Echo
Park
Carmelita,
hold
me
tighter
Carmelita,
tiens-moi
plus
fort
I
think
I'm
sinking
down
Je
crois
que
je
coule
And
I'm
all
strung
out
on
heroin
Et
je
suis
complètement
accro
à
l'héroïne
On
the
outskirts
of
town
À
la
périphérie
de
la
ville
Well
I
pawned
my
Smith
and
Wesson
Eh
bien,
j'ai
mis
mon
Smith
and
Wesson
en
gage
And
went
to
meet
my
man
Et
je
suis
allé
rencontrer
mon
homme
He
hangs
out
down
on
Alvarado
Street
Il
traîne
dans
Alvarado
Street
By
the
Pioneer
Chicken
stand
Près
du
stand
de
poulet
Pioneer
Carmelita,
hold
me
tighter
Carmelita,
tiens-moi
plus
fort
I
think
I'm
sinking
down
Je
crois
que
je
coule
And
I'm
all
strung
out
on
heroin
Et
je
suis
complètement
accro
à
l'héroïne
On
the
outskirts
of
town
À
la
périphérie
de
la
ville
Well
I'm
sittin'
here
playing
solitaire
Eh
bien,
je
suis
assis
ici
à
jouer
au
solitaire
With
my
pearl
handled
Derr'
Avec
mon
Derr
à
poignée
de
nacre
The
county
won't
give
me
no
more
methadone
Le
comté
ne
me
donnera
plus
de
méthadone
And
they
cut
off
your
welfare
check
Et
ils
ont
coupé
ton
chèque
d'aide
sociale
Carmelita,
hold
me
tighter
Carmelita,
tiens-moi
plus
fort
I
think
I'm
sinking
down
Je
crois
que
je
coule
And
I'm
all
strung
out
on
heroin
Et
je
suis
complètement
accro
à
l'héroïne
On
the
outskirts
of
town
À
la
périphérie
de
la
ville
Carmelita,
hold
me
tighter
Carmelita,
tiens-moi
plus
fort
I
think
I'm
sinking
down
Je
crois
que
je
coule
And
I'm
all
strung
out
on
heroin
Et
je
suis
complètement
accro
à
l'héroïne
On
the
outskirts
of
town
À
la
périphérie
de
la
ville
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1
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2 Baby Don't Go
3 Bury Me (feat. Maria McKee)
4 Take Me
5 Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
6 Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
7 Please, Please Baby
8 The Distance Between You And Me
9 Send a Message to My Heart
10 Honky Tonk Man
11 I Want You To Want Me
12 A Place To Cry
13 Free To Go
14 What Do You Know About Love
15 Love Caught Up To Me
16 Bury Me (feat. Maria McKee)
17 Two Doors Down
18 Thinking About Leaving
19 A Long Way Home
20 These Arms
21 Things Change
22 Same Fool
23 Only Want You More
24 Train In Vain
25 The First Thing Smokin'
26 Louisville
27 Heartaches By The Number
28 Can't You Hear Me Calling
29 Mystery Train
30 Today I Started Loving You Again
31 Oh Lonesome Me
32 Grand Tour
33 Truckin'
34 Sin City
35 Please Daddy
36 Twenty Years
37 Floyd County
38 I'll Be Gone
39 Sittin' Pretty
40 Claudette
41 Gone (That'll Be Me)
42 Sorry You Asked?
43 You're The One
44 Long White Cadillac
45 I Hear You Knockin'
46 I Got You
47 I Sang Dixie
48 Nothing's Changed Here
49 Always Late with Your Kisses
50 Little Ways
51 Little Sister
52 Miner's Prayer
53 It Won't Hurt
54 Guitars, Cadillacs
55 This Drinkin' Will Kill Me
56 My Bucket's Got a Hole In It
57 It Only Hurts When I Cry
58 Don't Be Sad
59 Nothing
60 King of Fools
61 Fast As You
62 Home For Sale
63 Pocket of a Clown
64 Try Not To Look So Pretty
65 The Heart That You Own
66 A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
67 Hey Little Girl
68 Doin' What I Did
69 Suspicious Minds
70 Takes A Lot To Rock You
71 Dangerous Man
72 Ain't That Lonely Yet
73 Streets of Bakersfield
74 Carmelita
2 Baby Don't Go
3 Bury Me (feat. Maria McKee)
4 Take Me
5 Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
6 Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
7 Please, Please Baby
8 The Distance Between You And Me
9 Send a Message to My Heart
10 Honky Tonk Man
11 I Want You To Want Me
12 A Place To Cry
13 Free To Go
14 What Do You Know About Love
15 Love Caught Up To Me
16 Bury Me (feat. Maria McKee)
17 Two Doors Down
18 Thinking About Leaving
19 A Long Way Home
20 These Arms
21 Things Change
22 Same Fool
23 Only Want You More
24 Train In Vain
25 The First Thing Smokin'
26 Louisville
27 Heartaches By The Number
28 Can't You Hear Me Calling
29 Mystery Train
30 Today I Started Loving You Again
31 Oh Lonesome Me
32 Grand Tour
33 Truckin'
34 Sin City
35 Please Daddy
36 Twenty Years
37 Floyd County
38 I'll Be Gone
39 Sittin' Pretty
40 Claudette
41 Gone (That'll Be Me)
42 Sorry You Asked?
43 You're The One
44 Long White Cadillac
45 I Hear You Knockin'
46 I Got You
47 I Sang Dixie
48 Nothing's Changed Here
49 Always Late with Your Kisses
50 Little Ways
51 Little Sister
52 Miner's Prayer
53 It Won't Hurt
54 Guitars, Cadillacs
55 This Drinkin' Will Kill Me
56 My Bucket's Got a Hole In It
57 It Only Hurts When I Cry
58 Don't Be Sad
59 Nothing
60 King of Fools
61 Fast As You
62 Home For Sale
63 Pocket of a Clown
64 Try Not To Look So Pretty
65 The Heart That You Own
66 A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
67 Hey Little Girl
68 Doin' What I Did
69 Suspicious Minds
70 Takes A Lot To Rock You
71 Dangerous Man
72 Ain't That Lonely Yet
73 Streets of Bakersfield
74 Carmelita
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