Mexicali Blues (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971)-Grateful Dead

[ti:Mexicali Blues (Lyceum, London, England 5/23/1972)] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Europe '72 Vol 19: 5/23/72 (Lyceum Theatre, London, England)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mexicali Blues (Live at the Palestra, Rochester, NY, October 26, 1971) - Grateful Dead (感恩而死) [00:18.97]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:22.23] [00:23.02]Watching flies and children on the street [00:25.13] [00:26.85]And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:30.11] [00:31.02]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:33.41] [00:34.85]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield I don't know why I came [00:38.24] [00:39.23]I guess I came to keep from paying dues [00:41.50] [00:42.92]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen [00:46.51] [00:47.46]And a damn good case of the Mexicali blues yeh [00:50.53] [00:52.07]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:54.51] [00:56.05]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:58.47] [00:59.56]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [01:03.27] [01:03.83]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [01:05.66] [01:23.48]She said her name was billy jean and she was fresh in town [01:26.82] [01:27.57]I didn't know a stage line ran from hell [01:29.92] [01:31.21]She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold [01:34.88] [01:35.73]All the french perfume you'd care to smell [01:37.94] [01:39.67]She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear [01:42.91] [01:43.85]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:45.83] [01:47.50]Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms [01:50.98] [01:51.75]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali blues [01:53.80] [01:56.43]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [01:58.95] [02:00.44]When the devil wants to take it all away [02:03.08] [02:04.10]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [02:08.20]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [02:10.10] [02:28.15]And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law [02:31.23] [02:32.30]Billy jean was waiting when he came [02:34.12] [02:36.14]She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun [02:39.31] [02:40.27]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:42.33] [02:44.22]I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind [02:47.31] [02:48.26]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:50.43] [02:52.29]Cause I shot first and killed him lord he didn't even draw [02:55.31] [02:56.70]And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali blues [02:59.06] [03:01.08]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:03.53] [03:05.07]When he let's a woman hold him in her hands [03:07.78] [03:08.65]He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark [03:11.59] [03:12.69]Just riding and running across those desert sands