Mexicali Blues (Live at Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI, June 20, 1991)-Grateful Dead

[00:18.49]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:22.61]Watching flies and children on the street [00:26.52]And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile [00:30.83]There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet [00:34.70]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield I don't know why I came [00:38.90]I guess I came to keep from paying dues [00:42.98]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen [00:47.27]And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues yeh [00:51.84]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:55.67]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:59.92]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [01:03.80]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [01:06.95] [01:24.60]She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town [01:28.76]I didn't know a stage line ran from Hell [01:32.40]She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold [01:36.59]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:40.69]She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear [01:44.97]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:48.99]Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms [01:53.32]With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues [01:58.37]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [02:02.25]When the devil wants to take it all away [02:05.96]Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze [02:10.04]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [02:13.03] [02:31.13]And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law [02:35.01]Billy Jean was waiting when he came [02:39.17]She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun [02:43.37]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:47.47]I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind [02:51.65]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:55.78]Cause I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw [02:59.96]And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues [03:04.92]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:08.69]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:12.57]He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark [03:16.68]Just riding and running across those desert sands [03:20.20]