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Click on the links below to play some the audio clips of some of Joe's songs.

ADIOS AMOR
_Carrasco

my sweet mamma
please understand
I am a fugitive
desperato man
I can't run no more
feels like the end
there's sqaut Lopez
is coming to town
he's got .............
he's gonna shoot me down
I will not surrender
I will hold my ground

[Chorus]
adios amor
adios amor
yeah
adios amor
adios amor
yeah

[Repeat chorus]

adios
adios amor
adios amor
adios amor

gonna keep my courage
on the plaza tonight
I'm gonna need your prayers
to make the fight
there's sqaut Lopez
he wanna see me die

[Chorus 2x]

adios
adios adios
amor yeah

adios
adios adios
amor yeah

 

BREAKDOWN THE BORDER
Carrasco

See that border
The muddy waters
at the Rio Grande
Well, I cross tonight
I get the paranoid
sweat in my hands
See that hombre,
checking out what I'm up to
Señorita, do you work for
you know who?

[Chorus]
We gotta breakdown the border
We gotta breakdown the border
We gotta breakdown the border
We gotta breakdown the border
Tonite

I've been down in Pulco,
yeah that's what I'll say
with my wife and kid,
I rode down south
rode down south
to ride that wave
Well, what do you do Señor?
Federale asking me
He say where's your marijuana?
where is your cocain?
Well, I'll take your wife
if I find anything

They're going through my car
They're going through my things
Sawed off shotguns
Federales with M-16
Señor, please don't look
under that seat por favor,
Please, please
I'll give you all the pesos
All the pesos that you need

Well I'm so nervous
I don't know why I get that way
Well I ain't done nothing wrong
Just want to get out of that place
It's that border
Muddy waters of the Rio Grande
When I see Loredo
I get the sweat in my hand

[Chorus 2x]

 

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
Carrasco

[instrumental]

 

COCO BONGO
_Carrasco

I ask a virgin
for corona and ice
where is tranquilo
I need to find
I think her name was
Guadalupe
she said "........"
come along with me

[Chorus]
coco bongo mombo change
coco bongo ay ay ay
coco bongo mombo change
coco bongo la la la

vamanos amigo
Lupie said
and I need my pistol

oh man where are you going
where you been
have faith in Dios
full speed ahead

[Chorus]

[4x]
coco bongo
mombo chango

I ask a virgin
for corona and ice
where is tranquilo
I need to find
I think her name was
Guadalupe
she said "........"
come along with me

[Chorus 2x]

[4x]
coco bongo
mombo chango

 

COOL CASA ROCKIN'
_Carrasco

hear the mono
tell me can you feel it
sweet vibration
coming from the .....
they going to be styling
up in the casa
going to be .....

..... buena yeah

[Chorus]
we got the cool cool
cool casa rockin'
we got the cool cool
casa rockin' tonight

[Repeat chorus]

do you ever wonder
would you like to know
eh
when you wake up
where does your dream go
yeah

[Chorus]

Everybody
got to get along
everybody
got to sing a song
a na na na na na

this precious gift
I give to you
yeah
you and me one
peace love and truth
this is the world
the world we live in
let’s make some music
make some music my friend

[Chorus]

Everybody
got to get along
everybody
got to sing a song
a na na na na na

[Chorus 3x]

 

CU RU CA PA
_Carrasco

you came along
I knew inside
you got to got
into my life
now I'm singing
to the sky
it's alright

[Chorus]
cu ru ca pa
oh yeah
ca ru ca pa
ca ru ca pa
ay ay
ca ru ca pa

on the flyer
de amor
I saw you
across the shore
in a hammock
looking fine
it's alright

[Chorus]

[2x]
ca ru ca ru
ca ru ca pa

you came along
I knew inside
you got to got
into my life
now I'm singing
to the sky
it's alright

[chorus]

[4x]
ca ru ca ru
ca ru ca pa

 

CARE TO EXPLAIN
Carrasco & T. Teutsch

Care to explain what you
got on your mind
I think it's a shame, I been
wasting your time,
time and again
Care to explain I could
find the right line
I shouldn't complain but
I'm getting white line,
white line fever again

[Chorus]
I been losing
sleep girl ever
since I caught
you looking at me,
I been acting crazy,
I guess you put
the big one
over on me.

What's there
to gain,
is it just a
small crime
To be the
blame of the
very white lie
living, learning
again

[Chorus]

Care to explain
make it plain,
plain, plain

[Repeat 1st Verse]

[Chorus]

 

CHIHUAHUA
Carrasco

Sittin on the Rio
Grande Border
Staring down at the
muddy water
Hopped up on all this
good bugaloo
Mariachi's singing to
the moon

[Chorus]
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
You couldn't get
much hotta
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Rockin muchachita

Well it hardly ever
rains on the Rio
And it's so easy to lay
around all day long
But when the sun goes
down, Cantina's start
to rockin
Getting everybody
wasted to the floor

[Chorus]

So many pretty girls
down en Juarez
Que bonita, oh they're
lookin' oh so fine
And I wanna get back down
to that good love beneath
that hot Chihuahua sun

 

DONNA
_Carrasco

I wish I was in Aca
Aca Pulco
dancing with my Donna
feeling borracho
mucho I do love her
mucho she love me
mucho we tequila
chili con crazy

[Chorus]
Donna Donna Donna
Donna do you wanna
Donna Donna Donna
make an enchilada
Donna Donna Donna
Donna do you wanna
Donna Donna Donna
We’ll tamale till manana

I met her by the juke box
hit me with her smile
her curva peligrosa
really drive me wild
I tell myself
Oye   oye Jose
can this really be
happening to me
oh

[Chorus]

now when I see the stars
the stars in the night
I think of mi rancho
gold.... in your eyes

I tell myself
Oye   oye Jose
can this really be
happening to me
oh

[Chorus 2x]

 

EASY GOIN'
Carrasco

You and me down by the
sea In a little hammock
under coconut tree
Ay mi baby, we be lazy
We got no worry on the
mind. We got the little
sinse right by the side
All our troubles go out
with the tide

[Chorus]
We got the easy goin'
We got the easy goin'
We got the easy goin'
in the afternoon, in
the afternoon.

Caribbean man love
Caribbean girl, gonna
take her around
the world
Caribbean man,
Caribbean girl

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
The sun goes up
and the sun
goes down, we
got the easy
all around

 

EL ARROYO
Carrasco

Coming down from Arroyo,
I saw you
Coming down from Arroyo,
my heart beat true
We wore our masks,
we played the parts
We shared our love,
we shared our hearts
Coming down from Arroyo,
I saw you
Those tables never
be the same
We carved our love
into the grain
Coming down from Arroyo,
I saw you, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
I remember when
we rode away
I remember the look
on your face
I remember that
you were mine
In the Mexican night
Ride away, Ride away
El Arroyo, we ride away
Ride away, Ride away
El Arroyo, we ride someday

My life was a
corner of misery
You came along and
set me free that day
Coming down from Arroyo, I saw you

[Bridge]

Arroyo, I'm coming
back to you girl

 

GOOD THING
_Carrasco

time that now I'm telling you yeah
there is a happy road to choose
can't let the magic slip away
'cause a love like that don't come around everyday

[Chorus]
and we could make a good thing
a good thing you and me
and we could make a good thing
a good thing
it could happen it could be

let's make this dream we have reality
rainbows any color that we please
and when we celebrate in sweet harmony
there ain't no stoppin' we are the destiny

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
never going to stop believing yeah
what I saw in my dreams
tell me tell me that
this feeling yeah
is here to stay

they say that good things come yeah
good things come to good people
and as sure as that sun gonna shine yeah
we gonna find our way to a .... paradise

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

oh yeah

[8x]
a good good thing yeah

a good thing

 

HASTA MANANA IGUANA
_Carrasco

[Chorus]
hasta manana iguana
adios
see you my friend
hasta manana iguana
got to go
but we'll be back again

oh we had such a
bueno good time
lots of cervesa
tequilla and wine
now we got to
get back to the rancho

[Chorus]

every time I get to Oaxaca
just start feeling
oh so fine
with the peso
the peso in my pocket
not a worry
on my mind

[Chorus]

every time I get to Oaxaca
just start feeling
oh so fine
with the peso
the peso in my pocket
not a worry
on my mind

[Chorus]

oh we had such a
bueno good time
lots of cervesa
tequilla and wine
now we got to
get back to the rancho

[Chorus]

[2x]
got to go
but we'll be back again

 

HOT SUN
_Carrasco

Aint the sun strong and hot
feel it burnin’ into the earth
making things grow bigger and bigger
burnin’ inside
Make me wanna go

[Chorus]
Hot sun hot sun
Take me back to the hot sun
Hot sun hot sun
Take me back to the hot sun

Join up with it
it can be yours
closer and closer
feel it burn
wanna see sweat
wanna feel it hot
over the body
over the top

[Chorus]

La cubana waiting for me
la cubana under coconut tree
we rumble in the jungle
we rumble in the air
where she tumble I’ll be there

[Chorus]

 

HOUSTON EL MOVER
Carrasco

[Bridge]
Well I get high
when I get to Houston
I get high
when I see that girl
I get high
when I get to Houston
I get high
when I see that girl

[Chorus]
She's a Houston el mover
Houston good looker
Houston el mover
Oh she look so fine
She's a Houston el mover
Houston good looker
Houston el mover
Oh she look so fine

All around the world
All the same
Crazy people
Crazy said things
Down in Houston
in an uptown scene
is the best girl I ever did meet

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

All around the world
All the same
Crazy people
Crazy said things
Down in Houston
in an uptown scene
is the best girl I ever did meet

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

 

KARMELITA
_Carrasco

 

[Chorus]
Karmelita
I keep thinking of you
all the good love
was so true
Karmelita
I miss you so
since I left
Mexico

[Bridge]
and I wanna be good to you
be like you want me to
maybe baby
anytime you need me

in the night time
when the moon is high
gonna make my move
gonna make you smile

Karmelita

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

since I left
Mexico
since I left
Mexico

 

LAST CALL FOR LOVE
Carrasco

Come on baby let's
hit that floor
Get your body shakin
we gonna dance
it up a storm
Move a little closer
closer to me
Come on over baby
you got to give me
What I, what I need
Two o'clock en
the morning
Are we feeling good
oh yeah
Two o'clock en
the morning
And baby it's the
last call
Last call for love
Baby it's the last call
Come on, come on
A little small talk
language of the eyes
You're my desire,
desire in  the night
A little sweet kiss
sweet as wine
A taste of honey,
tonite you'll be mine
all mine, all mine

[Chorus]
I think it's time,
I think it's time
I think it's time, time,
time, time, time, time
I think it's time, give it
to me two time
I like it little three time
Sock it to me four time
Give me little three girl

Tighten up baby,
don't let go
We got a good thing
going, we gonna take
it down slow
Turn on the love light,
turn on the heat
Satisfaction, satisfaction
guaranteed

[Chorus]

 

MAÑANA
Carrasco

Manana manana do it tomorrow
Manana manana can't do it today
Manana manana do it tomorrow
It's hasta la vista, can't do it today

You ask me why I no cry
Never do worry,
it's not because I have found
a whole lot of money

While the world spins around
going topsy turvy

It's hasta la vista, I can't do it today

 

ON TOP OF A TEARDROP
_Carrasco

[Chorus]
on top of a teardrop
I cry night and day
on top of a teardrop
I'm wasting away
on top of a teardrop
hear my heart sing
on top of a teardrop
I call out your name

and I remember
when I held you
held you so near
I love you
oh me darling
my darling my dear
just promise me one thing
promise me please
a place in your heart dear
forever for me

[Chorus]

and I remember
when I held you
held you so near
and how I loved you
oh me darling
my darling my dear
just promise me one thing
promise me please
a place in your heart dear
forever for me

on top of a teardrop
I cry night and day
on top of a teardrop
I'm wasting away

 

ONE LOVE BEAT OF MY HEART
Carrasco

I did not think it could
happen to me
I did not think love would
do me this way
If my tears could talk
You would know the pain
of what I feel when I
hear your name

[Chorus]
One love beat of my heart
Baby your love beat
of my heart

Stay with me was all
you had to say
It was what I wanted but
but it just wouldn't be
Now the sun don't shine
when you're not around
It's a knife thu the heart
I'm missing you now

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
If love pulled a freight train
I'd be jumping the track
I'd climb back up, I'd
be comin on back
I look at the sky,
I wish for a star

[Chorus]

You got me down on my
bending knees girl
Don't you know I'm beggin
you please oh yeah, oh yeah
I'll be there, I'll be there
waiting for you
Baby please come back
to me girl
Come on, come on back to me

[Bridge]

I look at the sky,
I wish for a star

[Chorus]

 

PACHA MAMA
Carrasco

Everything is alright Pacha Mama
Gonna dance tonite, Pacha Mama
Gonna laugh and sing,
Pacha Mama on everything,
Pacha Mama everything alright,
Pacha Mama gonna dance tonite,
Pacha Mama gonna laugh and sing,
Pacha Mama on everything,
Pacha Mama

[Chorus]
Pacha Mama, que sabrosa
Pacha Mama, caliente
Pacha Mama, que sabrosa
Pacha Mama

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Pacha Mama
Con margarita, Pacha Mama
Que bueno good, Pacha Mama
Con lottsa hot sauce,
Pacha Mama

[Chorus]

 

TAKE WITH ONE HAND
_Carrasco

helping you
is helping me
yeah
make the world
make the world
a beautiful place
yeah
words that hit
could been saved
bring me up
you turn me
on my way
away

[Chorus]
you got to
take with one hand
give with the other
make the world
a better place
a better place
for your brother
yeah
you got to
take with one hand
give with the other
one good turn
...................
yeah

some take kindness
to be a weakness
and compassion
compassion is a fool
yeah

got to be a way
to the
positive
peace and love
peace and love
got to groove
oh way oh

[Chorus]

say that he
who has the gold
is the one
the one who make the fool
yeah

I believe
in reality
a man
only rich as his soul
oh way oh

[Chorus]

[2x]
you got to give a little
take a little
give a little take a little yeah

 

THERE IS A RAINFOREST
_Carrasco

[Chorus]
there is a rainforest
in El Salvador
I want to go back
to that place
just once more
there is a rainforest
in El Salvador
oh Lord don't
you let it die
I'm begging you
por favor

it use to stand so tall and mighty
watching over everybody
gentle giant in the land
above the world
and then along
come conquistador
cut it down with
with his mighty sword
now the leaves
no protect me
from the storm

there is a rainforest
in El Salvador
I want to go back
to that place
just once more

I say don't cut down that tree
'cause lying underneath
are the roots and the stars
too the next universe

I don't think I'll ever see
a poem as lovely as a tree
it give me life
and the air
that I breathe
well tell me
why can't people see
the magic
magic of the tree
without trees
without trees
we cannot be

[Chorus]

por favor

 

TOCAME
Carrasco

[Chorus]
Tocame me gusta-
Tocame is what I like yeah
Tocame me gusta-
Tocame is what I like yeah

Jalisco girl comin down
that street
Que bonita as can be
Por favor Senor please
You got give me what
I need

[Chorus]

I feel it high, I feel it low
I feel it where I should not go

[Chorus]

Forty days, and forty nights
I look for love, I no can find
Por favor Senor please
You got give me what I need

 

VERA CRUZ
Perez & Carrasco

Going to go to Cancun
I gonna take a little room
I gonna go to Cancun
I gonna be with Vera Cruz

[Chorus]
Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz
Baby no te queiro lose
Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz

No more wine, no more blues
It's you and me
and me and you
ever since I made my choose
No more wine, no more blues
Todo Madre Vera Cruz

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Vera Cruz you are so fine
I gonna make you mine
Vera Cruz is what I like
Vera Cruz tonite

[Repeat 1st verse]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

 

VI VA VI VA VA VA VOOM
Carrasco

I don't know much
about nothin’
Don't think I really care
All I see is cosmic debris
flying thru the air
But I have found the answer,
I have seen the light
I'll be deep and meaningless,
if that is what you like

[Chorus]
Ay Ay Ay, Vi Va Vi Va
Va Va Voom
Ay Ay Ay, everybody
loop de loop
Vi Va Vi Va Va Va Voom
Vi Va Vi Va Va Va Voom

I don't know who you are
Can't tell you what I am
I don't got direction
I just threw away the map

[Chorus]

A skeleton say
come with me
Not to worry,
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
The road to Nirvana
The one that we all know
Don't think I like it
as much as the one
to Mexico
So put me on a
rocket pad
Shoot me into space
Show me the exit
from this reality

 

YO SOY TUYO
_Carrasco

if you want me
if you want me
then you tell me
if you love me
if you love me
say you care
and just maybe
oh my baby
I will whisper
little love words
little love words
in your ear

[Chorus]
yo soy tuyo
baby I'll be your's
yo soy tuyo
yours forever more

and by the mission
by the mission
you will wonder
hearing bells
ringing in the air
and just maybe
oh my baby
if you listen
you will know how much I love you my dear

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
ay me chicaketa
que bonita
que mucho mucho
how I really need ya

if you want me
if you want me
then you tell me
if you love me
if you love me
say you care
and just maybe
oh my baby
I will whisper
little love words
little love words
in your ear
oh

[Bridge]

if you want me
if you want me
then you tell me
if you love me
if you love me
say you care
and just maybe
oh my baby
I will whisper
little love words
little love words
in your ear

[Chorus 3x]