| Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand
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| Watching flies and children on the street
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| And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
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| There’s a little boy who wants to shine my feet
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| And it’s three days ride from Bakersfield and I don’t know why I came
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| I guess I came to keep from paying dues
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| So instead I’ve got a bottle and a girl who’s just fourteen
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| And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
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| Is there anything a man don’t stand to lose
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| When the devil wants to take it all away?
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| Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
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| 'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today
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| She said her name was Billie Jean and she was fresh in town
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| I didn’t know a stage line ran from Hell
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| She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold
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| All the French perfume you’d care to smell
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| She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
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| «Go on, my friend, do anything you choose»
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| Now I’m payin' for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
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| With a lifetime’s worth of the Mexicali Blues, yeah
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| Is there anything a man don’t stand to lose
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| When the devil wants to take it all away?
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| Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
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| 'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today
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| And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law
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| Billie Jean was waiting when he came
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| She told me he would take her if I didn’t use my gun
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| But I’d have no one but myself to blame
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| I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind
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| I guess that stranger hadn’t heard the news
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| 'Cause I shot first and killed him, Lord, he didn’t even draw
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| And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues, yeah
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| Is there anything a man don’t stand to lose
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| When he lets a woman hold him in her hands?
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| You just might find yourself out there on horseback in the dark
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| Just riding and running across those desert sands
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| Hey, uh, for all you «Alligator» fans out there, we’ve done — ah, ah, right,
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| we understand there’s a lot of «Alligator» fans but we done forgot it, see.
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| And so, uh, we’re gonna have to remember it sometime later, you know?
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| Does that make any sense? |
| Thanks, I needed that |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mexicali Blues, artist - Grateful Dead. Album song Dick's Picks Vol. 30: Academy of Music, New York, NY 3/25/72 & 3/28/72, in the genre Иностранный рок