Mexicali Blues-Grateful Dead

[00:17.08]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:21.19]Watching flies and children on the street [00:24.97]And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:29.15]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:33.17]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield I don't know why I came [00:37.40]I guess I came to keep from paying dues [00:41.18]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen [00:45.48]And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues yeh [00:50.31]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:54.43]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:57.98]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [01:01.91]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [01:05.30] [01:22.58]She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town [01:26.75]I didn't know a stage line ran from Hell [01:30.53]She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold [01:34.95]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:39.09]She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear [01:43.11]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:46.73]Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms [01:51.14]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues [01:56.01]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [02:00.19]When the devil wants to take it all away [02:03.66]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [02:07.55]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [02:11.13] [02:28.47]And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law [02:32.58]Billy Jean was waiting when he came [02:36.50]She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun [02:40.54]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:44.82]I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind [02:48.86]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:52.90]Cause I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw [02:57.01]And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues [03:01.58]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:05.85]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:09.49]He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark [03:13.35]Just riding and running across those desert sands [03:17.09]