所属专辑:Europe ’72 Vol. 15: Grote Zaal De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland 5/11/72 (Live)
歌手: Grateful Dead
时长: 03:40
Mexicali Blues - Grateful Dead[00:00:01]
Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand[00:00:17]
Watching flies and children on the street[00:00:20]
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile[00:00:24]
There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet[00:00:28]
It's three days ride from Bakersfield I don't know why I came[00:00:32]
I guess I came to keep from paying dues[00:00:36]
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen[00:00:40]
And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues yeh[00:00:44]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:00:49]
When the devil wants to take it all away[00:00:53]
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze[00:00:57]
Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today[00:01:00]
Her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town[00:01:21]
I didn't know a stage line ran from Hell[00:01:25]
She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold[00:01:28]
All the French perfume you'd care to smell[00:01:33]
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear[00:01:37]
Go on my friend do anything you choose[00:01:41]
Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms[00:01:44]
With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues[00:01:49]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:01:53]
When the devil wants to take it all away[00:01:57]
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze[00:02:01]
Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today[00:02:05]
And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law[00:02:25]
Billy Jean was waiting when he came[00:02:29]
She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun[00:02:33]
I'd have no one but myself to blame[00:02:37]
I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind[00:02:40]
I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news[00:02:45]
Cause I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw[00:02:48]
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues[00:02:52]
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose[00:02:57]
When he lets a woman hold him in her hands[00:03:01]
He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark[00:03:05]
Just riding and running across those desert sands[00:03:08]