歌詞
[Verse 1]
"Carmelita, please don't leave me," That's what he said as she turned to go
"Anything you want, I love you so"
Diamond necklace left on the table next to the other things, she said, "It's wrong"
The only thing she took was what she had on
[Chorus]
He said, "I thought you would stay here with me in America"
She said, "I thought I would be free in America"
[Verse 2]
"Carmelita, where are you going? Stop now and think about what you're giving up
When I found you, you had nothing"
She put her hand on her rosary and said, "This is not where I belong
This isn't me, this is not home"
[Chorus]
He said, "I thought you would stay here with me in America"
She said, "I thought I would be free in America"
[Verse 3]
"Carmelita, how are you gonna leave?" She said, "The same way I got here"
Across the river, every year
We find the work no one else will do, we follow the seasons, then we say goodbye
Her raven hair wild as the moonlight
[Chorus]
He said, "I thought you would stay here with me in America"
She said, "I thought I would be free in America"
She said, "I thought I would be free in America"
[Outro]
Carmelita, please don't leave me
Carmelita, please don't go
Written by: Jon McElroy, Ronnie Guilbeau
