CAPO: 2 Intro: Carmelita was a street angel But she kept her halo hid Never learned to read or write so well She was just a farmer's kid She took communion at the age of twelve She wore a cross of wood She heard the clanging of the mission bell And she vowed that she'd be good But the world goes 'round And it's hard enough to stand your ground There's always someone trying to keep you down In a border town Mamacita said, you can't go down Stay away from the white man's world She drew the line at the edge of town For her little dark-haired girl But Carmelita she had other plans And her life had just begun She ran away with a black-eyed man And he left her with a black-eyed son And the world goes 'round And it's hard enough to stand your ground There's always someone trying to keep you down In a border town Instrumental:
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