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