It seems easier to take the lyrics at face value. Carmelita (girlfriend) returned to Ensenada (in Mexico) when her welfare check was cut off. But I'm really intrigued by the alternate explanations. Here are a couple more lyrics:
He sold me a balloon for ten, only half a gram
But it cut like a knife through the despair of life and told me what I am
Maybe I’ll go to Ensenada, find Carmelita there
Get my head together in that clean Mexican air
It seems easier to take the lyrics at face value. Carmelita (girlfriend) returned to Ensenada (in Mexico) when her welfare check was cut off. But I'm really intrigued by the alternate explanations. Here are a couple more lyrics:
He sold me a balloon for ten, only half a gram But it cut like a knife through the despair of life and told me what I am
Maybe I’ll go to Ensenada, find Carmelita there Get my head together in that clean Mexican air