Mexicali Blues-Grateful Dead

[ti:Mexicali Blues] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Dick's Picks Vol. 36: 9/21/72 (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mexicali Blues - Grateful Dead (感恩而死) [00:19.97]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:23.26] [00:24.05]Watching flies and children on the street [00:27.31]And I catch a glimpse of black eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:31.15]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:33.98] [00:34.95]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield [00:36.90]And I don't know why I came [00:38.41] [00:39.05]I guess I came to keep from paying dues [00:41.78] [00:42.69]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen [00:46.77]And a damn good case of the Mexicali blues yeah [00:51.32]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:54.55] [00:55.12]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:57.96] [00:58.50]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [01:02.38]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [01:05.05] [01:21.68]She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town [01:25.42]I didn't know a stage line ran from hell [01:27.94] [01:28.93]She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold [01:32.36] [01:33.18]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:35.61] [01:36.99]She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear [01:40.17] [01:41.29]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:43.30] [01:44.77]Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms [01:48.67]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali blues yeah [01:53.15]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [01:55.78] [01:56.95]When the devil wants to take it all away [01:59.60] [02:00.37]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [02:03.66] [02:04.18]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [02:07.12] [02:23.53]And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law [02:27.31]Billy Jean was waiting when he came [02:29.42] [02:30.99]She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun [02:34.29] [02:34.93]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:37.31] [02:38.79]I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind [02:42.60]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:45.03] [02:46.43]Cause I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw [02:50.28]And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali blues yeah [02:54.93]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [02:58.65]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:02.02]He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark [03:05.76]Just riding and running across those desert sands