Carlita is waiting down on C & 9th   In mantilla and lace   And her lover's knife   Cries out for revenge   But she is silent like a stone   And beautiful in her widow's weeds   I wait in the darkness   Forever now alone   Too late for any tear shedding   While his bride waits down on C & 9th   For her blood wedding     Why did you have to go out tonight   With the full moon in scarlet   And his silver knife   Waiting for you   And the remains of your life   Ticking away like some pitiful clock   And I who could not even be called your wife   Safe and warm in your bedding   And you the bridegroom off on your way   To your blood wedding     And the Ukranian ladies   Light candles in the street   Where his body lay bleeding   And the projects are silent   Bracing for the heat   That must come from his blood wedding     Carlita why do you hate me so much   I long for your body   I die for your touch   On my burning skin   And the smell of your perfume   Will always remain on my bed   But I died every time   You entered his room   I could not let him go on living   And now you wait down on C & 9th   Dying to celebrate my blood wedding     I wait in the shadows of C & 9th   With my fingers caressing   His sacred knife   You loved my body   But he loved my soul   You thought you knew me   But what do men know   Except my lover whose shape is etched in chalk on the street   Soon to be washed away by the rain   While you wait in the darkness dreading   The shock of my knife   At your blood wedding