The Band - Up On Cripple Creek (Live-1970)

Syria Mosque - PittsburghNov 1970Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel"When I get off of this mountainYou know where I want to goStraight down the mississippi riverTo the gulf of mexicoTo lake charles, louisianaLittle bessie, a girl that I once knewAnd she told me just to come on byIf theres anything she could doUp on cripple creek she sends meIf I spring a leak she mends meI dont have to speak she defends meA drunkards dream if I ever did see oneGood luck had just stung meTo the race track I did goShe bet on one horse to winAnd I bet on another to showOdds were in my favorI had him five to oneWhen that nag to win came around the trackSure enough he had wonI took up all of my winningsand I gave my little bessie halfAnd she tore it up and blew it in my faceJust for a laughNow theres one thing in the whole wide worldI sure would like to seeThats when that little love of mineDips her doughnut in my teaNow me and my mate were back at the shackWe had spike jones on the boxShe said, I cant take the way he singsBut I love to hear him talkNow that just gave my heart a fallTo the bottom of my feetAnd I swore as I took another pullMy bessie cant be beatNow, its hot in californiaAnd up north its freezing coldAnd this living off the roadIs getting pretty oldSo I guess Ill call up my big mamaTell her Ill be rolling inBet you know, deep down, Im kinda temptedTo go and see my bessie again"

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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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