Mexicali Blues-Greatful Dead

[ti:Mexicali Blues(live版)] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Download Series Vol. 8: 12/10/73 (Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mexicali Blues (Live) - Greatful Dead [00:18.93]Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand [00:22.39] [00:22.90]Watching flies and children on the street [00:25.26] [00:26.61]And I catch a glimpse of black eyed girls [00:29.63]Who giggle when I smile [00:30.67]There's a little boy [00:31.88]Who wants to shine my feet [00:33.50]And it's three days ride from Bakersfield [00:36.62]And I don't know why I came [00:38.26] [00:38.91]I guess I came to keep from paying dues [00:41.21] [00:42.67]So instead I've got a bottle and a girl [00:45.15]Who's just fourteen [00:45.94] [00:46.58]And a damn good case of [00:48.82]The Mexicali blues yeah [00:50.24] [00:51.67]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [00:54.01] [00:54.75]When the devil wants to take it all away [00:57.90] [00:59.10]Cherish well your thoughts [01:00.68]And keep a tight grip on your booze [01:02.39] [01:03.00]Cause thinking and drinking [01:04.74]Are all I have today [01:06.11] [01:22.77]She said her name was Billy Jean [01:24.82]And she was fresh in town [01:26.25] [01:26.93]I didn't know a stage line ran from hell [01:29.03] [01:30.46]She had raven hair a ruffled dress [01:32.50]A necklace made of gold [01:33.75] [01:34.76]All the French perfume you'd care to smell [01:37.09] [01:38.62]She took me up into her room [01:40.52]And whispered in my ear [01:42.13]Go on my friend do anything you choose [01:44.72] [01:46.41]Now I'm paying for those happy hours [01:48.63]I spent there in her arms [01:50.26]With a lifetime's worth of [01:51.70]The Mexicali blues yeah [01:53.77] [01:55.21]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [01:57.77] [01:59.16]When the devil wants to take it all away [02:01.61] [02:02.69]Cherish well your thoughts [02:04.33]And keep a tight grip on your booze [02:06.44]Cause thinking and drinking are all I have today [02:08.85] [02:26.50]And then a man rode into town some thought [02:29.07]He was the law [02:29.88] [02:30.50]Billy Jean was waiting when he came [02:32.59] [02:34.33]She told me he would take her [02:35.97]If I didn't use my gun [02:37.32] [02:38.36]I'd have no one but myself to blame [02:40.52] [02:42.26]I went down to those dusty [02:44.33]Streets blood was on my mind [02:45.72] [02:46.32]I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news [02:48.52] [02:50.34]Cause I shot first and killed him Lord [02:52.26]He didn't even draw [02:53.23] [02:54.01]And he made me trade the gallows [02:55.72]For the Mexicali blues yeah [02:58.11] [02:59.14]Is there anything a man don't stand to lose [03:01.96] [03:02.70]When he lets a woman hold him in her hands [03:05.48] [03:06.30]He just might find himself out [03:07.94]There on horseback in the dark [03:09.39] [03:10.17]Just riding and running [03:11.12]Across those desert sands