Johnny's trapping stars in his car

With the radio on

In the parking lot



Lily heard a sound

While they were going down

Someone on El Camino had been shot



Carmelita stared

She really cared for that boy

He meant a lot



Carmelita, she came over the border

Immigration man saw her

She wouldn't take a short order

But it was so far behind her

She had her heart on the wire

She became a low rider





Immigration's full of strange language strains

Rules Carmelita never learned in school

Not in school

But in the streets of Mexico

She came to know

That borderlines were made to walk through



Her daddy said you're fine,

You're not the water, you're the wine

You can take and make it all new

So make it new



Carmelita, she came over the border

Immigration man saw her

'Cause she refused to take a short order

But it was easy to find her

She joined the boulevard choir

When he became a low rider



Sometimes in the dark

Some things just go wrong

And it peels into the night just like a knife

Like a knife



They stab you so cold

the blood is bottled and sold

All she wanted was a radio to hold

But she said dying makes her feel so old



Carmelita, she came over the border

Immigration man snagged her

'Cause she wouldn't take a short order

But it was easy to find her

She joined the boulevard choir

When she became a low rider