Up On Cripple Creek - Live Lyrics

	Lyrics：Robbie Robertson Music：Robbie Robertson
	When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
	Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico
	To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew
	She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do
	Refrain:
	Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
	If I spring a leak she mends me
	I don't have to speak, she defends me
	A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
	Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
	She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show
	The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one
	When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won
	(refrain)
	I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half
	And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
	Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
	That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea
	(refrain)
	Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box
	She said, 'I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk'
	Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet
	And I swore and I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat
	(refrain)
	Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold
	And this living on the road is getting pretty old
	So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in
	But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted
	To go and see my Bessie again.
	(refrain)

	Lyrics: Robbie Robertson Music: Robbie Robertson
	When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
	Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico
	To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew
	She told me just to come on by, if there' s anything she could do
	Refrain:
	Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
	If I spring a leak she mends me
	I don' t have to speak, she defends me
	A drunkard' s dream if I ever did see one
	Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
	She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show
	The odds were in my favor, I had ' em five to one
	When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won
	refrain
	I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half
	And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
	Now there' s one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
	That' s when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea
	refrain
	Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box
	She said, ' I can' t take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk'
	Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet
	And I swore and I took another pull, my Bessie can' t be beat
	refrain
	Now there' s a flood out in California and up north it' s freezing cold
	And this living on the road is getting pretty old
	So I guess I' ll call up my big mama, tell her I' ll be rolling in
	But you know, deep down, I' m kind of tempted
	To go and see my Bessie again.
	refrain

	Lyrics: Robbie Robertson Music: Robbie Robertson
	When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
	Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico
	To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew
	She told me just to come on by, if there' s anything she could do
	Refrain:
	Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
	If I spring a leak she mends me
	I don' t have to speak, she defends me
	A drunkard' s dream if I ever did see one
	Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
	She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show
	The odds were in my favor, I had ' em five to one
	When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won
	refrain
	I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half
	And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
	Now there' s one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
	That' s when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea
	refrain
	Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box
	She said, ' I can' t take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk'
	Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet
	And I swore and I took another pull, my Bessie can' t be beat
	refrain
	Now there' s a flood out in California and up north it' s freezing cold
	And this living on the road is getting pretty old
	So I guess I' ll call up my big mama, tell her I' ll be rolling in
	But you know, deep down, I' m kind of tempted
	To go and see my Bessie again.
	refrain

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