Mexicali Blues (Live at the Spectrum, Philadelphia 4/6/82)

Mexicali Blues (Live at the Spectrum, Philadelphia 4/6/82) - Grateful Dead (感恩而死)

Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand

Just watchin' flies and children on the street

I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls

Who giggle when I smile

There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet

And It's three days ride from Bakersfield

And I don't know why I came

I guess I came to keep from payin' dues

So instead I've got a bottle

And a girl who's just fourteen

And a damned good case of the Mexicali Blues Yeh

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

When the Devil wants to take it all away

Cherish well your thoughts

And keep a tight grip on your booze

Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today

She said her name was Billy Jean

And she was fresh in town

I didn't know a stage-line ran from Hell

She had raven hair a ruffled dress

A necklace made of gold

And all the french perfume you'd care to smell

She took me up into her room

And whispered in my ear

Go on my friend do anything you choose "

Now I'm payin' for those happy hours

I spent there in her arms

With a life-time's worth of Mexicali Blues

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

When the Devil wants to take it all away

Cherish well your thoughts

And keep a tight grip on your booze

Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today

Then a man rode into town some

Thought he was the law

But Billy Jean was waitin' when he came

She told me he would take her

If I didn't use my gun

And I'd have no one but myself to blame

I went down to those dusty streets

Blood was on my mind

I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news

Cause I shot first and killed him

Lord he didn't even draw

And he made me trade the gallows

For the Mexicali Blues

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

When he lets a woman hold him in her hand

You just might find yourself out there

On horseback in the dark

Just ridin' and runnin' across those desert sands