Carmalina, she works for jesus

sweeps the church, ole st. marie

she tried to leave once

juarez for phoenix

never got nowhere

dressed in flowers

she spends her hours

one by one

drying up in the sun

but come the twilight

you can bet that she might

put on her makeup

to cover up one more time

chorus:

carmalina, a mexican prize

won by many

in the bars late at night

strange behavior

for our savior

born a stranger to affection

her adolescence fell by the way

like a child actor

she grew up too quickly

moving so swiftly

chorus

alt. verse:

when the rains came

no one was to blame

they wrote it off

as they rolled her way

my fallen angel

i know you meant well

my fallen angel

i know you meant well

my fallen angel

i know you meant well

carmalina