Mexicali Blues (Live at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, July 21, 1972)-Grateful Dead

[ti:Mexicali Blues (Lyceum, London, England 5/24/1972)] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Europe '72 Vol 20: 5/24/72 (Lyceum Theatre, London England)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mexicali Blues (Live at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA, July 21, 1972) - Grateful Dead (感恩而死) [00:17.39]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:20.68] [00:21.21]Watchin' flies and children on the street [00:23.87] [00:25.16]And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:29.06]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:31.92] [00:33.25]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield and I don't know why I came [00:37.70]I guess I came to keep from payin' dues [00:40.36] [00:41.67]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen [00:45.80]And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues yeah [00:49.80] [00:50.52]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:53.60] [00:54.87]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:57.65] [00:58.51]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [01:02.15]'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today [01:05.30] [01:22.72]She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town [01:26.35] [01:26.87]I didn't know a stage line ran from hell [01:29.76] [01:30.91]She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold [01:34.54] [01:35.05]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:37.92] [01:39.04]She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear [01:43.21]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:46.18] [01:47.35]Now I'm payin' for those happy hours I spent there in her arms [01:51.45]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues yeah [01:55.79] [01:56.42]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [01:59.20] [02:00.61]When the devil wants to blow it all away [02:03.45] [02:04.26]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [02:08.08]'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today [02:11.47] [02:28.85]And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law [02:33.03]Billy Jean was waitin' when he came [02:35.64] [02:37.08]She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun [02:40.76] [02:41.30]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:43.97] [02:45.33]I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind [02:49.03] [02:49.61]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:51.99] [02:53.46]'Cause I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw [02:57.66]And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues yeah [03:02.56]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:05.54] [03:06.70]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:09.76] [03:10.37]He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark [03:14.29]Just ridin' and runnin' across those desert sands