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Carmelita
Warren Zevon Lyrics

I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer chicken stand

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Warren Zevon

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"Carmelita" is a rock song written by American singer-songwriter and musician Warren Zevon. The song was first recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972. Zevon's own version was released four years later, in 1976, on his self-titled album (his 1974 demo version was included as a bonus track on the 2008 reissue of the 1976 album). Linda Ronstadt recorded a well-known version in 1977, and various covers have followed. Zevon's version featured prominently in the 2004 film "Around The Bend" starring Christopher Walken, Michael Caine and Josh Lucas, and in the film "Looper" starring Joseph Read Full Bio"Carmelita" is a rock song written by American singer-songwriter and musician Warren Zevon. The song was first recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972. Zevon's own version was released four years later, in 1976, on his self-titled album (his 1974 demo version was included as a bonus track on the 2008 reissue of the 1976 album). Linda Ronstadt recorded a well-known version in 1977, and various covers have followed.

Zevon's version featured prominently in the 2004 film "Around The Bend" starring Christopher Walken, Michael Caine and Josh Lucas, and in the film "Looper" starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Jeff Daniels.

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Comments from YouTube:

westcoastOGee

1y↑24

Lol honestly this song is way more upbeat than my 13 years of heroin addiction was

Paddy Tate

12w

Yeah bro
I rock this song in Australia
It teaches to never go back to the rock

Chris Floyd

13w↑2

Hope you got clean. If so way to go.

Kent Underwood

17w↑3

Yes. But the very first time is magical

Brad Roberts

17w

I bet ✊️🤘✌️

john meyer

9y↑29

56. He died of Mesothelioma in Sept. 2003. One of best rock lyricists of all time. And a damn good performer too, as this tune attests.

Steve Perreira

19w↑1

His music and lyrics are simply beautiful. Who needs country music from Nashville when we have Mr. Zefron.

Jimmy Martin

1y↑78

He's playing solitaire with a pearl handled deck. Russian roulette with a revolver. I'm understanding now

Paddy Tate

12w

@Brenda Harper gg allies version is good

Phillip Jameson

17w

Also I think that "Smith Corona" (typewriter) is a reference to Smith and Wesson (gun company).

ironheart191

18w↑1

@Shawn Hawkins love your comment... If I may, it's not the despair of withdrawal only, living with heroin addiction having as much as you want is pretty full of despair to warrant thoughts of suicide

Jimmy Martin

21w↑1

@subg88 please elaborate

subg88

23w↑1

Linda Rondstadt version is the origin of the Smith and Wesson change

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Richard Gonzales

36w↑13

A song as real and true as a Bukowski poem being read at a funeral .

georat16

14w

Buk and Warren: El Lay defined :-)

Steve Labuski

6y↑193

One of the best songs ever written about heroin addiction.

Jeffrey Cabanellas

13w

I just picked up on this at 2am Sunday.,All I think about was how imsideous heroin is and how the authorities are mishandling the whole thing.Denying pain patients and the 3:36 dying,will only drive such person's into the arms of the malfeasant,i.e.drug pushers who are devoid of any moral compass and physicians who practice on an unscientific and inhumane manner.O does not require. a logician to understand that terminal patients will not become addicts.I witnessed cruel medical doctors denying pain relief to the dying on their death. beds.I also noticed that chronic pain patients were abruptly cut off from their routine pain meds where they consequently sought black market substances suffering all the time consequences therefrom and thereby., My life partner suffering excruciating pain,both physical and mental was given a short period of time to live due to her doctors missing and improperly diagnosing her cancer.Hopfully my counsel as a student of Vedantic/Budhistic philosophy assisted in her process of transformation.She was failed by all authorities,and even her children who were oblivious to death as the only certainty apart from birth.I assisted her on her last moments,due to my defying the 3:36 3:36 so called authorities.Psychedelics may help along with the ancient wisdom of the East.I really can not forgive the power system and suggest the recent pandemic is only the beginning of the problems wrought by the stupidity of the materialist bigots that dominate the medical and legal systems on the U.S.

Cpt Soap Mctavish

14w

just one of the best songs ever written. Warren Zevon was in a class of his own in terms of songwriting.

Jwgibson

16w

@liamsimpson1994 needles and the damage done is the Neil Young song

Steve Perreira

19w↑2

Dear Steve: i’m gonna go a little farther on this one and say it’s one of the best songs ever written, period!

Thomas Potter

22w↑2

@Pat Disaster JJ Cale

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Sandy Robertson

6y↑69

So WZ had problems in his life, that doesn't devalue his wonderful music. I interviewed him in London in the 80s and he was delightful. Artists can have substance use issues just like other people. If his friends and family can forgive him for things he did, then we don't need some twat posting here about him being a "druggie loser", especially when said person obviously has no understanding of how long drugs have been around. Aleister Crowley, for instance, was using every drink and drug known to man over 100 years ago. Yes, some can beat addiction, as a well-informed poster says here. I myself have not, as I still need methadone and have found 25 years since stopping smack that I have hep c. But as Oscar Wilde said, the only thing you should never regret are your mistakes. My shit's fucked up, but life'll kill you no matter what. Enjoy every sandwich. Viva Warren Zevon!

Sandy Robertson

47w↑1

@Ash Wolf No. A few years ago an NHS doctor I was seeing was offered a heroin licence and she refused because she knew if she accepted she'd have every dopefiend in the neighbourhood on her doorstep!

Sandy Robertson

47w↑1

@Ash Wolf I had been on them in London since 1983. Started with a private doctor then the NHS. When I moved to a different part of town I was refused the injectables so had to go private again. Very few people get them nowadays and policemen and health workers have told me injectable methadone doesn't exist and I had to prove it to them!

Sandy Robertson

47w↑1

@Ash Wolf Part of my prescription was injectable methadone. During the covid19 shenanigans it was unobtainable for months. When I got it again I found my veins had shrivelled so had to give them up. Now I'm on oral alone. When injecting became a problem not a treat the desire just vanished. I have cut down intake over the years but I just can't see me quitting entirely.

Sandy Robertson

47w↑1

@Ash Wolf Well done. In 2017 I got the new direct-acting drugs and cured my hep c in eight weeks. Feel so much better.

Addison S

1y↑3

Ljudi Čovjek you cant be healthy with dope, just because of the lifestyle that comes with it. I’m on Subutex myself, it’s much more affordable and has helped me get my life together. It’s tough living on the time and price of a smack dealer

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Morag MacGregor

7y↑176

Most people pawn their Smith & Wesson 'cause no one knows what a Smith-Corona is anymore

Brooks Truitt

22w

Dwight Yoakum actually changed it to S&W in his version

Tyler Ross

38w↑1

I used to have an Olivetti typewriter. It must have weighed 25 pounds. It had medium-throw keys.What a racket that thing made.

Morag MacGregor

45w↑1

@Trollificus Do you own a gun? Because then you'd be a poet who owns a gun 🤭

Morag MacGregor

45w↑1

@PK Carper I am loving it

edit: and I thought you were making a damned clever joke. I had NO idea that Smith-Corona made rifles

Morag MacGregor

45w↑1

@Dennis Shea Guess again

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Captain Freedom

4y↑21

I think a big part of Warren's mystique is that he wrote songs set in places that no longer exist. The Pioneer chicken stand on Alvarado Street? The Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel? Lee Ho Fook's? So the man wrote what he knew. And what he knew is disappearing. No more big dishes of beef chow mein.

Captain Freedom

11w

@willbrewale Nope. Real place, jerk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Ho_Fook

willbrewale

11w

“Lee Ho Fook’s” ......Holy F__k .... duh ... it’s not a place .... hahahahaha

Stephen Dias

12w

It's called Life.

Kevin McDonald

18w↑1

You couldn't be more right. There was never a more evocative and descriptive while frequently being caustically scathing and funny with social commentary and just plain great storytelling. Major talent who is not appreciated enough. Except for those who appreciate his awesome legacy of music.

Thomas Cooney

4y↑4

Ha, yep, the Echo Park setting of this tune makes me smile..Trying to superimpose then onto now. It's absurd

Karsa Orlong

49w↑6

GG Allin does a good cover of this

Michael Wilson

1y↑12

Wonderful tune. The “Pioneer Chicken Stand”.

Paul Salazar

35w↑2

Remember Pioneer Chicken from my time out in Hollywood in 1982.

Zodiac581

5y↑232

This isn't meant as hate to NWA, but the fact that NWA has been inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame and Warren hasn't yet is absolutely ridiculous.

Pat Disaster

23w

Who cares about the hall of fame .....not my rock n roll.

Anodyne Hipster Influencer

30w

RRHOF has been a joke for a very long time.

Ed Powers

Agree 100%.

The Dave #1

@Ayethere M8 I somewhat agree!....but let's not forget the Fucking RAMONES! I saw them in 95 and they were phenomenal!

Ori0n1975

@DjangoThunders STFU, anti-White.

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Per Moen

4y↑121

Everytime i listen to this tune it tells me to stay strong and to to stay away from the chicken stand.

Chris Norton

2y↑3

Used to live by the one in Echo Park. Around the same time I discovered this song

Jonathan K. Lee

2y↑2

@Tile King There's still one on Soto Street in LA.

Brad Gauger

3y↑2

Same, stay strong

Tile King

3y↑4

Oh how I miss Pioneer Chicken ™🍗🐔

john meyer

9y↑7

Warren Zevon was "One of a Kind" in rock. Extremely out spoken. Intelligence of a genius. Dark sense of humor. But an ability to capture imagery in his songwriting no other rock musician could envision. I saw Warren once in 1978. A great experience.

Theofilos Perperidis

3y↑37

Whisky, weed and Warren Zevon. It's the little things...

Bob Lazar

38w

Lawyers Guns and Money

JB Curran

1y↑1

Alright I'm ankling,Runkle is ankling WOOOOOOOOOO

Fabian Sosa

1y↑1

Madafukaaaaa

Robert Garcia

Hank moody

Travis

forreal haha

FaithNoMoreAddict 6

1y↑16

Came here from hearing GG allin sing it

Gaston Latz

19w

Me too

Toilet Paper

20w

Heard it from GG first

randy cushman

21w

Sing it or sling it? :)

Frosty

21w↑2

Same

navycolt41

8y↑173

Warren's drug of choice was Stoly vodka,he was not and never was on heroin...he of course died of cancer and was totally sober for years before...He is an American institution a true genius..and great writer and musician.

jesus rodriguez

32w↑1

I've done both and more. They both have their pitfalls brother. Heroin has a higher potential to overdose as well as the addictive properties. Alcohol is very addictive too and the withdrawls can kill you.

Jane Doe X

abcabc22100 coke does.

Stefan Schleps

@therewillbecocaine True that. Some people got hero worship bias.
Peace. ( Love that name 83.6 percent pure fishscale mother of pearl)

pestleman1951

3y↑7

@Daylin Roberts Yeah me too man, I was at bottom and getting nothing but more broken and deeper into the dregs for 3 years. A one man crime wave too. I'd have died beyond any doubt, most all of my friends and crimeys did. Only thing that saved me was a year in the slam on a burglary charge. Rough at the time but soooo worth it. I was on the inside 1974-75. But after I got my mind clear and my body and endorphin receptors working again, I turned around and built myself a good life. Been with the same woman, just had or 50th anniversary and 3 adult kids ... 2 with Masters Degrees. If anyone reading this wonders if it can be done, trust me there's a possibility of a very good life even the worst heroin addiction that's just waiting for you to find your way out... It can be done.

Paulie G

Alcohol heroin methadone who gives a shit their all "sober" while gobblin the pills
Short
Of
Been
Entirely
Ready ..

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Madeleine Hague

5y↑19

"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is a harrowing biography at times, but what a life. It's a great book. RIP, Warren - you sure did rip it up during your lifetime.

maynardmoleman

9y↑4

I really miss Warren alot..........

Colette Bembenek

9y↑7

Warren Zevon, in my opinion, is one of the best! Talent unbounded.... the more you hear his songs and the more you learn of him, you begin to find yourself going back to listen to his many masterpiece works.

Bardo Fox

7y↑11

Get over yourselves! Gesh, it's a masterful written song that tells a good tale.

Melissa A. Romero "Princess of Romance"

6y↑154

I love this song because I'm Mexican American and I live in El Paso, Texas, the South West. Warren was a genius, a true artist and his voice was beautiful. I miss him.

Rhonda Bothelio

46w

Believe it or not my mother's name is Carmelita...

Anthony Prusacki

jay see My Buddies took me there on my 21st birthday and 48 now I still remember boys town

Anthony Prusacki

Melissa A. Romero "Princess of Romance" Did you see the Dwight Yoakam version

Skweeid h

2y↑1

@BossBass7o7 crybaby BITCH

New Notification

3y↑3

BossBass7o7 a strong cup of hypersensitivity this morning?

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Ned D.

2y↑11

This must've been influenced by Desolation Row by Bob Dylan.

JULIE COFSKE

7y↑40

The most beautiful drug addition song ever!

L K

3y↑2

Heroin by Velvet Undergroud is also quite beautiful

Per Moen

4y↑1

True!!!!

Carmelita Nazario KPopSoulJazzDiva

6y↑56

I was named after this song title. I love this song. :D I hope to God that my lover will NEVER EVER sink into drugs. :'(

g26s239

5y↑6

Good point. Dope screws everything up even when it doesn't kill the addict. Carmelita is a lovely name, your parents named you well as well as having great musical taste.

maria luy lavayens

9y↑5

Love him, love his words with that voice. Love him. Oh that I love him, so cute.. He is not gone.. he is present more than ever ...

Charles Howard

8y↑45

I hear Mariachi static on my radio. WTF! Only Warren could come up with those lyrics.

Jayme Olson

1y↑2

I grew up in LA. Mexican radio stations so close to US frequencies would bleed or chop thru. I image that as Mariachi static.

steve fields

2y↑5

I gotta go GG on this one. Play Russian roulette with a pearl handle gun man

Tucking Fypo

36w

@Matt justgoaway pearl handled gun could also be a metaphor for a heroin rig, as every time you shoot up you're pointing a magnum at your face and hoping the bullet wasnt in the right position.

Nico Bambino

5y↑9

With the rise of opiates, I hope this song becomes popular

Malcolm Platt

2y↑1

Adam Duritz covered this wonderfully, as have many others, but there's none better than the original.

Margaret Tyler

9y↑6

I am so glad this song is becoming known among the younger WZ fans. This is one piece of art. Art that can't be confined to music or poetry. It cracks me up that I actually used a "Smith-Crorona" typewriter when I was in college. Love you, Mr Z, wherever you are, and all best to family and friends. m

Jacob Hubbard

1y↑2

It's like really dark Jimmy Buffet that makes you cry.

John Lavelle

7y↑11

i have no idea why but if think this is the sweetest love song I have heard. or hasten down the wind.

Brian Breckon

6y↑1

I'm in El Nido Philippines and very much connect with the feeling this song conveys. No drugs here.

Jim Martinez

7y↑12

I remember the Pioneer Chicken stand on Alvarado and Sunset Blvd, Echo Park.....great memories

Envision Tacoma-Pierce

7y↑6

The very best, performed by the very best. Have found nothing better in my musical life!

Allinson Dixon

1y↑2

The love of my life couldn't fight her demons and choose to leave this world ,that being said i still love this song

123InDaPlaceToBe

42w↑2

Great song, but GG did it better,plus it suited him better!

Jack Frost

8y↑1

love it, what a beautiful man.

Rachel Petalver

2y↑6

I adore Warren Zevon’s tunes and lyrics to the depths of my soul. I especially appreciate this one as my Mother’s name was Carmelita. She was the youngest of eight children in an Appalachian family of Scot-Irish/Cherokee ancestry. She was named after a Missionary that came out to the hills of SW Ohio. I hope Carmelita and Warren have both found their illusive peace and happiness.

Rhonda Bothelio

46w

My mother's name is Carmelita, she was named after a actress in the 1940,s..

thechurchofevil

2y↑2

What a great GG Allin cover LOL ;)

Brenda Harper

33w↑1

My Golden God of Music. My inspiration--I became a painter to reproduce this Legend on canvas--and learned the guitar and piano. The Irreplaceable One, Everlasting Legend...God of Music. Warren Zevon..lives forever.

michael chirrick

4y↑3

Amazing Singer Songwriter. The fact that this man isnt in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke.

David Holdren

We're trying...

Susan Johnson

8y↑2

What a great song! Love it! He was an amazing songwriter and singer!

John Davies

9y↑2

He's not JUST an excitable boy ..... he's got a soft side too, ya know. Never you mind "Poor Pitiful Me" .... it's not his fault he's willing to accommodate a lady. That is simply what gentlemen do.

P W

34w↑1

Hey folks, anyone obsessing over "pearl handled deck" is an idiot. Back when typewriters were still in use, better typewriters used mother of pearl to fill in the keys. The keys of a typewriter were known as the "deck" of the typewriters. Get it, he's pawning his most valuable possession, his typewriter, to feed his addiction, it has nothing to do with suicide. Get it?

SalandFindles

13y↑2

Ah, I see, GG Allin changed some of the words to fit the song for him to sing.

M. Hernandez

2y↑1

Exquisite. Who hasn't been there? Genius.

electrojones

4y↑3

How soon until Vince Gilligan uses this in Better Call Saul?

Robert Duffy

46w↑1

GG does this song so much better. Raw emotion is like a unedited paper and that's how I took it. Ty

kestrelwitch

2y↑2

GG did it best. 🖤

Mark G

1y↑1

Nice! Like GG Alllen version also!

Tom Formanek

2y↑2

The late Glen Frey doing harmonies. Such losses.

Larry Parker

5y↑5

Dwight Yokum covered it as well...

davewalke 5

as did Mink DeVille

Betterman89

9y↑1

thanks Hank Moody, you made me know this fantastic artist

Jay Franklin

30w

Warren Zevon is ,going away, the most under appreciated man in rock and roll. Was a genius...

Marcus Dennis

41w

i was right now years old when i realized "my man" is his dealer

mcpaplus

2y↑5

I saw the grateful dead 18 times and only recall them having an opening act once. It was at Folsom field in Boulder. Warren Zevon opened with a truly legendary set. During werewolves of London he altered the lyrics to say "I saw Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia having tea with the Queen, and their licks were perfect!" The crowd exploded! Then the Dead came out and had Warren sit in on US Blues. Fantastic memory. At some point I was certain the Dead were going to cause the very mountains to tumble down. Probably that old ooh-aah stuff I ingested. Many years ago. I still think of Warren every time I listen to the Dead, and vice versa. RIP Warren. If you get a chance, could you please send me some lawyers, guns and money from beyond?

Pete French

Phuque me.......wot a great experience. dead werewolves to you Brother McP

33Luger

That would have been an epic concert to attend. Jealous.

John Hardesty

3y↑1

Like Hank Moody, I too light one up and listen to a Warren Zevon tune after each poem!

Tim Davis

2y↑1

Clearly the best version....not close

David Tried of the bullshit

Was lucky to see him back in the 80s he was great in concert!!!

Monica R

1y↑1

Warren was an incredible songwriter 🎶🎶💙. Thanks for the music

Lady Jane

51w↑1

The first time I heard this song was on Imus in the morning. They are both gone now. My husband who loved this song is gone too. I play it for you baby!

pistolerosdelafrontereahuero

6y↑25

Why is everyone having a shit fit over song lyrics? This is the best song Warren ever wrote so it's in the top 10 of songs ever written. By the way, it's pawning a Smith Corona which is a typewriter, if you pawned a Smith and Wesson you'd be pawning a pistol. Can't believe the "85's"that post on these sites.

Life WILL kill you

Stefan Schleps

O.K.Just for clarity's sake. Yes originally the lyric is Smith and Wesson.A Pearl handled one. But a song about withdrawal, and heroin, and guns? Think about it a second. I mean anybody with half a brain. Which is twice what I got. Will know that Warren was trying to get some play time on the radio. Oh yeah, Radio. Uh Radio is an device that put out and picked up radio waves. Before Youtube we listened to the radio. Ask your grandparents.

Baron of Livonia.

3y↑1

What do you think the 'Pearl Handed Deck" is?

zig zag

pistolerosdelafrontereahuero yes your both right. And any way just a great song to jam to man I love it

Samuel Crain

6y↑2

there is a early version of this song that he recorded with the song lyric as smith and Wesson. It was one of his early demos for this song.

New Notification

3y↑8

The Pioneer Chicken on Alvarado and 8th. Aint there no more. Been gone for almost 20yrs. Anthony Kiedis writes about scoring his dope at that exact same spot.

Angie Meza

20w↑1

The irony of this song. My big brother used to sing this song to me & my lil sister while sitting on the porch. I was under 10 yrs old then I grew up & well you know the rest....Still fighting that battle.

Jairo Monreal

13w

Keep the fight going...don't give up...I have no idea who you are but you matter to someone

Ken Valderrama

2y↑2

Echo Park represent !

Elijah Skyeagle

3y↑1

what's not to like about this work warren's work was all genius there still not ready for him

Bill G

On the bus to the methadone clinic now. This is my shit I wish James brown or ray Charles covered it but I’m down with this forsure

blackestcracker

13y↑1

WOOOOOOO ECHO PARK!!!!!

Dennis King

4y↑1

Warren Zevon
what a great Musician, Composer, and Writer.
I've been listening to this tune for years, and I still love it.. Warren died of cancer, in his home, in his bed, surrounded by his family.. RIP Warren..

John Hutchins

3y↑1

So, without Warren and JD where would the Eagles be? Linda covered a song or 2 Warren wrote. They had a good little collaboration going on back then.

Andrew Steele

In my top 10 all time numbers. When we get together round the campfire one sings Danny Boy, lots of Joni Mitchell but my party piece is Carmaleta. Then we all sing Werewolves. It's great being old!

Shawn David Clare

Classic!!...conjuring something with this level of depth, vibe and sad beauty is a rare and wonderful thing...thanks and praises to warren zevon.

Carmelita Middleton

3y↑1

my name is Carmelita maria Middleton love the song have been looking for it for along time thank you

Samuel A.

Life takes weird turns, I discovered Zevon through GG Allin many years ago, ain't that just quacking crazy.

norman ayles

the first time I heard this I was alone strungout and feelin down

charlie reilly

G.G Allin's cover for me is the best. It's certainly much less polished, with much less quality and musicianship overall, but maybe that's why - Allin's delivery etc might be more gesamptkuntswerk, so to speak.

chris anderson

1y↑1

Honestly, GG Allin’s cover of this song is tenfold better

Mike Merriman

3y↑1

Warren has always been one of my favorites. I just noticed this was his song, not Linda's.

Farts Poo

2y↑1

I actually thought gg wrote this.

Jeffrey Streeter

A genius. Its simple as that.
Jeff in Ohio

baler johnson

3y↑1

We wont see his likes again ..love you Warren and family.

Music Poems

IMHO, THE BEST Warren Zevon song.

Tucking Fypo

36w

Both of my pickup spots were chicken joints weirdly enough. been a long, long time since I've made the trip.

1NABUCCO1705

Не оставляй меня, кармелита! ))) Отличная песня! Мне правда исполнение Де Вилля больше нравится, но и автор тоже шикарно поёт! Спасибо

Michelle Lambert

3y↑3

Whatever the case may be, this song cuts to the bone.

Otis 777

....by myself...a bad case, same case...

Wolfgang Zarges

this one never gets old

Moo

15w

This song goes good with Ween's Bananas and Blow

Bill Clarke

3y↑1

I never could decide if this or "Desperados Under The Eaves" was his best composition. Coin toss, really.

nilton rafael

2y↑1

Whisky, weed and Warren Zevon. It's the little things...
Z was one of a kind and there be another
The most beautiful drug addition song ever!

Hugh Mungus

Just shows how intelligent G.G actually was.

mushy

How so?

Tommy Bowman

5y↑3

I agree with most of the replies to the hateful comments that Steve brule felt it was necessary to share. hate and cruelty should never be shared it's simple.I can tell that mommy and daddy didn't teach him the basics, if you don't have any thing nice to say don't say anything at all. if you don't use drugs or love someone who does then you can never understand. most drugs aren't bad, they save lives, the drugs in this case are bad but you can't pretend to know unless you have been through it. it's so devastatingly sad, addiction to heroin is a health problem, a disease that should be treated as such.if the help was available in the US like it is in Europe we'd be a better place for everyone and their addiction could be treated like its needed. ignorance only spreads hate, he should read about it with no judgement and shut up and just listen. and without drugs for better or worse, the amazing art and music we have would not ever exist. period.

Brandon Thorpe

2y↑1

Used to shoot up to this song. Rough days. <3 to anyone reading this who is still going through it.

Gary Clark

im off heroin now. ijust take dilaudid to get me through sometimes

Bob Risse

Steve has a different look. He understands his past as part of his now.

kneapoe51

I HEAR ya....Brother!! Tell it like it TIZZ!!! :D

Robert Guatelli

2y↑1

Great writers like Warren don't come around but every few decades. His songs are short stories

Bertie Lainey

5y↑2

Love this song and I wonder if he really knew a Carmelita and if Warren was the one strung out on heroine... If he is singing that song about him.....

William Ashbrook

5y↑1

carmelita is a street in LA. and Crystal Zevon's book only mentions Warren shooting heroin once. though he was definitely an opiate addict for many parts of his adult life.