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[ti:Up On Cripple Creek (Concert Version)] |
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[ar:the band] |
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[al:The Last Waltz] |
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When I get off of this mountain, |
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you know where I want to go? |
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Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico |
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To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, |
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girl that I once knew |
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She told me just to come on by, |
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if there's anything that she could do |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Good luck had just stung me, |
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so to the race track I did go |
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I bet on one horse to win |
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and Bessie bet on another to show |
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The odds were in my favor, |
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you know I had 'em five to one |
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That nag to win came around the track |
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Me and sweet Bessie had won |
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I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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So picked up all of my winnings |
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And I gave my little Bessie half |
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She tore it up and threw it in my face |
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Just for a laugh |
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Now that just've made my heart drop |
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To the bottom of my feet |
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And I swore as I took another pull |
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My Bessie can't be beat |
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I'm going up on Cripple Creek, she sends me |
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If I spring a leak, she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Yodely, yodely, yodely, yo |
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Yodel, Yodel, Yodel Yo hoo hoo... |
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Well now, me and my mate were back at the shack, |
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we had Spike Jones on the box |
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She said, "I can't take the way he sings, |
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but I love to hear him talk" |
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Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, |
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I sure do love to see |
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That's how that little sweet thing of mine, |
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puts her doughnut in my tea |
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I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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There's a flood out in California |
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and up north it's freezing cold |
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And this a-livin' off of the road is getting pretty old |
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So I guess I'll call up my big mama, |
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and tell her I'll be rollin' in |
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But you know deep down, |
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I'm sort of tempted to go and see my Bessie again |
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I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Lo, loo, hoo, loda, loda, loo hoo hoo... |
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Yeah, yeah, you know I sure wish I could yodel |
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I could |
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Yodely, yodely, yodely, yo |
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Yodel, Yodel, Yodel Yo hoo hoo... |
