所属专辑:Europe ’72 Vol. 19: Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/23/72 (Live)
歌手: Grateful Dead
时长: 03:30
Mexicali Blues (Lyceum London England 5/23/1972) (live) - Grateful Dead[00:00:00]
Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand[00:00:18]
Watching flies and children on the street[00:00:23]
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile[00:00:26]
There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet[00:00:31]
And it's three days ride from Bakersfield I don't know why I came[00:00:34]
I guess I came to keep from paying dues[00:00:39]
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen[00:00:42]
And a damn good case of the Mexicali blues yeh[00:00:47]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:00:52]
When the devil wants to take it all away[00:00:56]
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze[00:00:59]
Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today[00:01:03]
She said her name was billy jean and she was fresh in town[00:01:23]
I didn't know a stage line ran from hell[00:01:27]
She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold[00:01:31]
All the french perfume you'd care to smell[00:01:35]
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear[00:01:39]
Go on my friend do anything you choose[00:01:43]
Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms[00:01:47]
With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali blues[00:01:51]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:01:56]
When the devil wants to take it all away[00:02:00]
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze[00:02:04]
Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today[00:02:08]
And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law[00:02:28]
Billy jean was waiting when he came[00:02:32]
She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun[00:02:36]
I'd have no one but myself to blame[00:02:40]
I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind[00:02:44]
I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news[00:02:48]
Cause I shot first and killed him lord he didn't even draw[00:02:52]
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali blues[00:02:56]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:03:01]
When he let's a woman hold him in her hands[00:03:05]
He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark[00:03:08]
Just riding and running across those desert sands[00:03:12]