Up On Cripple Creek - Bob Dylan & The Band.mp3

[00:08.04]When I get off of this mountain
[00:11.10]You know where I want to go
[00:15.09]Straight down the Mississippi River
[00:17.82]To the gulf of Mexico
[00:19.65]To Lake Charles, Louisiana
[00:24.69]Little Bessie, a girl that I once knew
[00:27.00]And she told me just to come on by
[00:30.90]If there's anything she could do
[00:36.06]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[00:39.27]If I spring a leak, and she mends me
[00:42.75]I don't have to speak, and she defends me
[00:46.05]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[00:48.54]Good luck had just stung me
[00:56.04]So to the race track I did go
[01:00.78]I bet on one horse to win
[01:03.33]And Bessie bet on another to show
[01:04.95]The odds were in my favor
[01:10.20]You know I had 'em five to one
[01:12.18]That nag to win came around the track
[01:17.88]Me and little Bessie had won
[01:19.65]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[01:25.26]If I spring a leak, and she mends me
[01:28.59]I don't have to speak, and she defends me
[01:31.80]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[01:35.43]So I pick up all of my winnings
[01:42.24]And I gave my little Bessie half
[01:46.74]She tore it up and threw it in my face
[01:49.98]Just for a laugh
[01:53.79]Now that just made my heart a fall
[01:56.82]To the bottom of my feet
[02:00.84]And I swore as I took another pull
[02:03.78]My Bessie can't be beat
[02:05.19]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[02:11.22]If I spring a leak, and she mends me
[02:14.76]I don't have to speak, and she defends me
[02:18.12]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[02:21.57]Well now me and my mate were back at the shack
[02:42.27]We had Spike Jones on the box
[02:46.47]She said, "I can't take the way he sings
[02:49.41]But I love to hear him talk"
[02:51.06]Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
[02:57.15]I sure would love to see
[03:00.93]That's when that little sweet thing of mine
[03:04.41]Dips her dough nut in my tea
[03:07.53]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[03:11.16]If I spring a leak, and she mends me
[03:14.61]I don't have to speak, and she defends me
[03:17.82]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[03:20.55]Now, it's hot in California
[03:28.20]And up north it's freezing cold
[03:33.57]And this living off the road
[03:36.00]Is getting pretty old
[03:36.45]So I guess I'll call up my big mama
[03:41.01]And tell her I'll be rolling in
[03:46.62]But you know deep down, I was kinda tempted
[03:49.68]To go and see my Bessie again
[03:51.69]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[03:57.24]If I spring a leak, and she mends me
[04:03.00]I don't have to speak, and she defends me
[04:03.99]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one