| Warren Zevon – Carmelita Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Carmelita is my girlfriend, the Mexican heroin available at that time. Ensenada refers to a street on the 'outskirts' of L.A. at the time. 'Mariachi static on the radio' refers to highpowered radio transmissions from Mexican radio stations that would wash out American broadcasters, especialy if you were too stoned to retune the station you were listening to. Echo Park and Alvarado St. are obvious; west L.A. where it was possible. It is also important to understand that to pawn your 'Smith-Corona' - a portable electric typewriter - (especialy for a writer) would be the equivalent of pawning your laptop or I-Pad today. Warren Zevon wrote it, he knew such people and it is good that Murray McLauchlan took the time to introduce him to the world. |
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