Paroles de Carmelita

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
'cause just before i left him
I tried to wake him up
But he would not move
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
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
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