Rachel - Lost Train

I hear mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I'm there with her in Encenada And I'm here in Echo Park Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town I pawned my Smith-Corona And I went to meet my man He hangs out down on Alvarado Street By the Pioneer Chicken stand Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well, I'm sitting here playing solitaire With my pearl-handled deck This county won't give me no more methadone And they cut off your welfare check Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town

There's dirt in my nails From scraping the walls And I thought I hit bottom So why I'm still falling? I know who I am I didn't forget But I just need relief And then I won't give up yet But, God, this is all feeling so hard Why am I lost out in the dark? And why am I struggling just to keep standing? Tears won't start coming, and I don't understand 'em Maybe it's true that I'm getting stronger But this really hurts me, cryin' "Oh, mercy" I'm crying, "Oh Oh, mercy" I'm too hard on myself I never let myself fail But then my body screams, "Help" And my mind wants to bail I just wanna be real Stop pretending I'm good And feel what I feel Not what I think I should But, oh, God, this is all feeling so hard Why am I lost out in the dark? And why did you leave me all alone? Facing the worst pain that I've known Maybe it's true that I'm getting stronger But this really hurts me, cryin' "Oh, oh, mercy" (mercy) I'm crying, "Oh Oh, mercy" (mercy) Oh yeah (oh) Now, c'mon and love me now, c'mon and love me now C'mon love me now, love me now, love me now C'mon and help me out, c'mon and help me out C'mon and help me out, help me out Oh, oh, oh Ooh I'm crying, "Mercy" Ooh, on my knees Mercy Oh (mercy) Mercy Oh Oh, mercy (mercy) Yeah, c'mon, mercy, love (oh) And c'mon and love me now, c'mon and love me now C'mon and love me now, love me now Crying, "Mercy" (come on and help me out) Help me, mercy (come on and help me out), oh Oh, ooh-ooh Mercy

Oh, here it comes Well, train, train, take me on out of this town Train, train, Lord, take me on out of this town Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's Memphis bound Well, leavin' here, I'm just a raggedy hobo Lord, I'm leaving here, I'm just a raggedy hobo Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's got to go Well, goodbye pretty mama, get yourself a money man Goodbye, pretty mama, Lord, get yourself a money man You take that midnight train to Memphis Lord, leave if you can Oh, take that midnight train to Memphis Lord, leave if you can Oh, take that train, baby