Mexicali Blues-Grateful Dead

[ti:Mexicali Blues] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Dick's Picks Vol. 19: 10/19/73 (Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mexicali Blues - Grateful Dead (感恩而死) [00:17.17]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:20.41] [00:21.19]Watchin' flies and children on the street [00:23.21] [00:24.73]And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:28.46] [00:29.28]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:31.24] [00:33.21]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield [00:35.27]And I don't know why I came [00:36.64] [00:37.41]I guess I came to keep from payin' dues [00:39.69] [00:41.43]So instead I've got a bottle [00:42.87] [00:43.47]And a girl who's just fourteen [00:44.88] [00:45.50]And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues yeah [00:49.27] [00:50.38]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:53.10] [00:54.56]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:56.98] [00:58.30]Cherish well your thoughts [00:59.58]And keep a tight grip on your booze [01:01.37] [01:02.13]'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today [01:04.51] [01:23.29]She said her name was Billy Jean [01:25.12]And she was fresh in town [01:26.25] [01:27.01]I didn't know a stage line ran from hell [01:29.58] [01:31.12]She had raven hair a ruffled [01:32.76]Dress a necklace made of gold [01:34.80] [01:35.56]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:37.87] [01:39.79]She took me up into her room [01:41.81]And whispered in my ear [01:42.92] [01:43.74]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:45.97] [01:48.04]Now I'm payin' for those happy hours [01:49.60]I spent there in her arms [01:51.39] [01:52.37]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues yeah [01:56.94]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [01:59.69] [02:00.97]When the devil wants to blow it all away [02:03.76] [02:05.00]Cherish well your thoughts [02:06.06]And keep a tight grip on your booze [02:08.03] [02:08.83]'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today [02:10.98] [02:30.04]And then a man rode into town [02:31.60]Some thought he was the law [02:32.94] [02:33.89]Billy Jean was waitin' when he came [02:36.03] [02:37.74]She told me he would take her [02:39.97]If I didn't use my gun [02:41.33] [02:42.00]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:44.56] [02:46.18]I went down to those dusty streets [02:48.41]Blood was on my mind [02:50.39]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:52.80] [02:54.51]'Cause I shot first and killed him Lord [02:56.71]He didn't even draw [02:57.97] [02:58.61]And he made me trade the gallows [03:00.50]For the Mexicali Blues yeah [03:02.35] [03:03.53]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:06.37] [03:07.61]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:10.61] [03:11.33]He just might find himself out there [03:13.40]On horseback in the dark [03:14.73] [03:15.70]Just ridin' and runnin' across those desert sands