Carmelita

Fred Eaglesmith

DDown along the railroad tracks
AmI ran into my old friend Jack.
CHe was dressed in his GSunday best
but his Dface was red and his eyes were dead.

He Dsaid, "I lost Marina,
and the Amlast place that I seen her,
CShe was makin' Goff
with my best Dfriend."

I Dtook him to the water.
AmI spent fifty dollars
On Csomething that would Gtake him
to the Dmoon.

Well he Dmust have gone to heaven
'cause Amjust before I left him,
I Ctried to wake him Gup
but he wouldn't Dmove.

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So Dcome on, Carmelita,
you Amdrank too much and I can see that
CSoon you're gonna Gneed
a breath of Dair.

We'll Ddance across the wheat field,
there's a Amplace I know just east of here
And it Cwouldn't take too Glong
to go down Dthere.

We'll Amsleep out on the ground
And in the Cmorning when we wake up, we'll leave Gtown.D

And I Dpicked my last tobacco leaf,
Amsoaking wet up to my knees,
COut there before the Gsun
was on the Drise.

And you can Dhave a drink of water,
but Amdon't you look at my daughter,
Or I'll Ccome down there and Gcut
you with this Dknife.

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DThere ain't any flack man,
but Amif you're a black man
They'll Cput you on a Gplane
back to where you're Dfrom.

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