Warren Zevon:
“Carmelita”
*I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I’m there with her in Ensenada
And I’m here in Echo Park
Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer chicken stand*
“Desperados Under The Eaves”
Look away down Gower Avenue, look away
Damn! Thought sure I would make it to the end of the thread without anyone mentioning this so I could be first.
This song missed the Top 40 (made it to #56) but did get regional AM radio play. It was big in my hometown because the second-most prominent north/south street is Glenwood Avenue.
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.
There can’t be that many doors to knock on before you find the right number, so I’m gonna count it.
One of my friends had the 45, which we played on her little portable record player. I just heard it on Sirius Radio the other day.
The live version of “Call Any Vegetable,” from Just Another Band from L.A. by Las Mothers…
Where can I go to get my exit lights?
At Jack La Lanne Hamburgers on 312 Whittier Boulevard.
Questions, questions, questions, flooding into the mind of the concerned young person today.
Now we’re smiling out the window of that crummy hotel on Washington Square–Joan Baez, Diamonds & Rust