The Cowboy Junkiesare a Canadian alt-country/ alternative rockband, formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family. The group formed in Toronto in 1985. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name, but that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies several years after they coined the name.) The Trinity Sessionis perhaps their best known record, recorded live in a single day on a single microphone in a church in Toronto. This album also included a unique cover version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane".
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Carmelita Lyrics
Cowboy Junkies
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 Id 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
Cuz 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 youre gonna need a breath of air
Well dance across the wheatfields
Theres a place I know just east of here
It wouldnt take too long to (____? )
Well sleep out on the ground
And in the morning when we wake up
Well leave town
And I picked my last tobacco leaf
Soaking wet up to my knees
Out there before the sun has (arise? )
You can have a drink of water
But dont you look at my daughter
Or Ill come down there and cut you with this knife
So come on carmelita
You drunk too much
And I can see that
Soon youre gonna need a breath of air
Well dance across the wheatfields
Theres a place I know just east of here
It wouldnt take too long to (____? )
Well sleep out on the ground
And in the morning when we wake up
Well leave town
There aint any flat man
But if you are a black man
Theyll put you on a plane
Back from where youre from
Well sleep out on the ground
And in the morning when we wake up
Well leave town