I saw Lon Cheney walking with the Queen

And a "waes thu hal" goes out today to Warren Zevon. The singer-songwriter has passed away from lung cancer, as reported here by the BBC. I didn't even know until today that he wrote the song Carmelita, which I knew from a cover by Dwight Yoakam and Flaco Jimenez.

Cheers to Warren Zevon.

I hear mariachi static on my radio
From tubes that glow in the dark
I'm there with you in Ensenada
And I'm here at Echo Park

Carmelita, hold me tighter
I believe I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroine
On the outskirts of town

I'm sitting here playing solitaire
With my pearl handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Well, I pawned my Smith and Wesson
And went down to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer Chicken Stand

Carmelita, hold me tighter
I believe I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroine
On the outskirts of town.