Grateful Dead - 08 - Mexicali Blues (Lyrics) Studio Version
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2011
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Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand,
Watchin flies and children on the street,
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile,
There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet.
And it's three days ride from bakersfield and I don't know why I came.
I guess I came to keep from payin dues.
So instead Ive got a bottle and a girl whos just fourteen,
And a damn good case of the mexicali blues. yeh!
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose,
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze,
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today.
She said her name was billy jean and she was fresh in town.
I didn't know a stage line ran from hell.
She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold,
All the french perfume you'd care to smell.
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear,
Go on, my friend, do anything you choose.
Now Im payin for those happy hours I spent there in her arms,
With a lifetimes worth of the mexicali blues.
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose,
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause thinkin and drinkin are all I have today.
And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law.
Billy jean was waitin when he came.
She told me he would take her, if I didn't use my gun,
Id have no one but myself to blame.
I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind.
I guess that stranger hadnt heard the news
Cause I shot first and killed him, lord, he didn't even draw
And he made me trade the gallows for the mexicali blues.
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
When he lets a woman hold him in her hands?
He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark
Just ridin and runnin across those desert sands. 
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Back when I was a teenager and starting to get bored with the slow decay of music in the 2000s, I started exploring 60s and 70s music, from The Beatles to Hendrix, Queen and The Who. This album was a game changer, so rich, organic, dynamic and awesome. Love this band.
Sipping ice cold cane sugar 𝒞𝑜𝒸𝒶-𝒞𝑜𝓁𝒶 with rum and lime while *Mexicali Blues* is playing from an unlicensed Mexican radio station at a fuel stop convenience store in a hot two road southern Arizona town in the middle of nowhere.
If you were wasting away in a renegade Mexican dirt street town you'd be drinking cheap, rot gut, bath tub tequila, not something good.
Wow! Talk about serendipity, it doesn't get much better than that.
username checks out 👍
Outrageous behavior. Howdy don't be sad.
Lol iv had the best memories drinking Tampico and everclear tripping on who knows what in a tree house that fell out of the tree and became a ground house but it's all relative in the right company
that trumpet really gets me going
😆😆🎺🎺🎺🎸🎹
It's Phil, isn't it?
Exactly upbeat!!!
@@zaftigbrooke your funnyyy*
Who heard thy trumpets ???
*God and sevens *
This is one of those songs that doesn't age very well but is still so good.
It aged just fine.
I never really listened to their music but I did have a friend who followed them across America and fathered many children. He liked liquid LSD , he was Bi-polar and sometimes slept in a castle in Birmingham when back to see his Family. God bless his family and God rest his Soul. He passed away in the 90"s I believe.
"and a girl who's just 14?"
Damn,Bob
I know right? And then he kills her father? Kind of a dark song. The devil should have taken him away.
Technically Barlow. I haven't paid much attention to if Weir regularly plays Mexicali with the Wolf Bros but as far as I know he's never changed the number on the age, which is actually sort of admirable.
Bob didn’t write the lyrics. He and Jerry just sing them.
@@kingofpentacles3213 So Hunter wrote the Pedo Lyrics....Gotcha 👍
I still love the song,but it's always a WTF moment for me in the Verse
@@spencermccallister6455 It looks like those lyrics were written by John Barlow. Either way, the idea seems to be to paint a picture of a man who is lacking in ethics and moral fiber to begin with and is therefore easily swayed by a woman (a biblical Eve) to do evil. I think the 14 year old girl reference really fits this picture.
There’s literally an amazing clothing store in Maine called Mexicali Blues!! It’s been there forever it’s such a great store!!!!!! GD Forever!
“Cause thinkin’ & drinkin’ are all I have today!”
Gimme a Bobby tune any day! God, I love it!
i have enjoyed this kind of music since the age of 4 or five, the early seventies, records, reel to reel decks, casettes, and 8-tracks. the dead have a cult following everywhere, they were also not afraid to share their stuff.
I too have had the Mexicali blues, though the girl was older than 14. Favorite Dead song.
Really? You checked her ID or just wishful thinking? I was thinking that very thought the other day & realized that for all I knew she was 14. ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)
You lied😋
@@Quinoezi Joe this is God. I am very disturbed by your behavior and question the very nature of someone who so casually brags not once but twice about rape.
@@Jurassica yeah I didn't right that... Thanks for the message now I can delete those comments. I hope there is nothing else out there... Maybe I should just delete my whole account.
Calexico
RIP Jerry Garcia!! I will always love you!! Ripple brother.. you opened the door.. and let us in..
My grandfather was from Mexicali. Great song.
I wanna go!!!!
Reminds me of a high school Spanish trip I went on.We drove from New Hampshire to Mexico City and Veracruz on the Mexican east coast.Me and the only other student on the trip took a hit of LSD at the Laredo Texas Mexican border.Made things really interesting.Our teacher,the driver(of a Citroen)was clueless of why we couldnt stop laughing.
I aint no Fortunate Son.
😂😂😂😂 live free or die😂❤ reading your comment whilst in NH at the moment...
God Damn that's a great story. NH to the border what a hell of a ride.
Grew up 4 miles from the San Diego/Tijuana border in the 60's and early 70's. Brings back lots of memories of Make Run for the Border.
I've always found it ironic that this was the first Dead song I really fell in love with. I mean I love the Bakersfield, Mexicali Dead but it was hardly a window into the 30 minute Dark Stars I would come to know and love. Long live the Grateful Dead.
Thank you for posting one of my favorite songs.
I still have the album. I love the grateful Dead.
My favorite 'Dead tune!
That GD Tune Puts Me In A Grateful Great Mood!!!! - M2.H.B. December 2015!
Times have really changed
Got to brush up on my lyrics. Doing this for kareoke Saturday night. Also my favorite Dead 💀 song.
Just go with the flow. If you get stuck make 🎺 like noises ( do doot doot do doot doot) it's easy. Good luck.
@@gearboxobs419 thanks for the tip.
Riding through Bakersfield heading south, had to play.
One of my Dead favorites ....
RIP John Perry Barlow
What?
Bob Weir's lyricist.
“Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today”
right/
I have to say Bob manages to be deceptively poetic in these lines. . . almost profound.
Is there anything that a man don’t stand to lose when the devil wants to take it all away ❤❤
I always heard "I didn't know a state line ran through hell."
Thinking and drinking are all I have today
Don't we all brother
Awesome Dead song!
Another dasterdly deed done by the Dead in idiom of the 1930's down and out low life characters.
I picture it more like 1890s. There were no stage lines in the 1930s.
Not HUGE Dead fan but this particular song I REALLY like!
I have found that stagecoach stop! I was on bicycle in Amsterdam and never could have expected what ensued. Oh, the stop is there.
Dennis Lange care to explain more?
Omg I love it
i Played this today on the radio [KSVU CONCRETE] → just thinking about / missing Barlow so much.
💔❤️🩹❤️🔥
Love it dude kickin.back.in.arizona.groovin on mexicali w liquor slush....lol
Playing this awesome tune on Cinco de Mayo!
WOW!!! I always forget what an amazing song that is! "' . . .Cause I shot first and killed him! Lord he didn't even draw . . ."
Feeling it
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Daughters join Myeres
The motherland 🤟🏾
53 Spectrum(Philly) sellouts. Grateful Dead were the champs. Cheers!🥨
Saw the Dead at the Spectrum in the 70's
Rest in Power.
Arriba Méxicali
I.love.this.song.
Is there anything a man dont stand to lose when a woman wants to take it all away
1.25 speed is both hilarious, & works surprisingly well
have a couple more of those white crosses , and wash em down with jose cuervo , CHEERS
Bluegrass version.
arachnonixon that gave anxiety lol
62 thumbs down?
Not enough electric drummers.
GREATEST CHASE MUSIC EVER
I love you
" I have no one but myself to blame...."
R.I.P.
❤Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand
Watchin' flies and children on the street
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet
And it's three days ride from Bakersfield and I don't know why I came
I guess I came to keep from payin' dues
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen
And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues Yeh
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today
She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town
I didn't know a stage line ran from hell
She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold
All the french perfume you'd care to smell
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
Go on, my friend, do anything you choose
Now I'm payin' for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues, yeh
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
When the devil wants to take it all away?
Cherish well your thoughts, and keep a tight grip on your booze
'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today
And then a man rode into town, some thought he was the law
Billy Jean was waitin' when he came
She told me he would take her, if I didn't use my gun
I'd have no one but myself to blame
I went down to those dusty streets, blood was on my mind
I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news
'Cause I shot first and killed him, Lord, he didn't even draw
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues, yeh
Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
When he lets a woman hold him in her hands?
He just might find himself out there on horseback in the dark
Just ridin' and runnin' across those desert sands
I didn't know a Stateline ran from hell! lol 😆
I wonder if Bob was shining Marty Robbins here...
I used to think the 24/7 music they played in Chi-Chi's restaurant sounded a lot like this,
Lol..
No offense to anyone, I love this Song....
MEXICALI IS HOT AS FUCK
“And a girl that’s just 14……”
All the French Perfume You'd care to smell! 😆
They used to have the live version from rockpalast on here. Pissed that it got copyrighted
It got an upgraded transfer and reposted a year after you wrote this.
BOBBY!
These lyrics are wild. That 14 year old girl was the devil, or was he the devil?
Is this song on any studio grateful Dead album? Or is it just on the greatest hits?
It's on the Grateful Dead compilation Skeletons in the Closet. It's actually credited as a Bob Weir solo and on his album Ace. All in all it's a Dead song because they provide the instrumentation.
What's that little "Pffft" noise at the very beginning?
it's a little "Pffft" noise at the very beginning:)
bob is a flame..lol
i really liked Doug Sahm’s way of mixing “ tex mex” and MexicaliBlues,,, well i like their hippie clothes. so lettuce party sumtine?? peace
cool, thinkin/drinkin' but my girl was 40.
Birds. Men. And hard uncooked rice.
Look at the lyrics carefully, the 'girl that's just 14' is a kid in the saloon, not the notorious 'Billie Jean.' The narrator has nothing left but "thinkin' and drinkin'." The 14 year old, it is clearly implied, is off-limits.
Nah, he introduces that he's got a bottle and a girl who's 14, next verse he says she said her name was Billie Jean. It's clear that this song is about young prostitutes in Mexico, a lot of men frequent that unfortunately - song sounds cool but the lyrics are a little eh
Nope, Billie Jean is earlier. The literary technique is called *flashback*.
@@martyprice8371that's what i was thinking too. Isn't he starting off with the first verse saying where he is currently and then the verses after that he's saying how he ended up there with nothing? "he made me trade the gallows for the mexicali blues" meaning he let him go but now he doesn't have shit but a beer?
@@heatherwilliams3563There's an amusing exchange between Weir and Lesh in an interview where they debate who left with the gallows and who left with the mexicali blues. Maybe that's why Weir eventually started singing "now I spend my lifetime running with the Mexicali Blues."
Mine was 32.
Gr8fulDead69 delate, oops
I'm game
How does one get into Mexico "illegally". I have no Id and no idea how to but I need a break from living the American dream any help appreciated.
I think getting there isn’t hard. It’s getting back here that may be a bit tricky
Let's go, I get searched on the way IN
There is no such thing as getting into mexico illegally. You just walk accros the border. People will think how stupid you are, thats about it. Coming back though, could be an issue with no ID. I guess maybe find a tunnel, that seems to work.
Spin
This is as good as Manu Chao in Mexican history
That's shig beer
Weir going on about partying with 14yo's...
Lo
Shove your PC bullshit
@J B where do you get that from??
It's a song, not the Steele dossier.
The first verse is talking about where he currently is. Then the next verses talk about how he got there. He says he shot the guy and didn't go to jail. "he made me trade the gallows for the mexicali blues" which is all he has left now but at least he's not dead or in jail
Ah. Mexico in the 70s. Fun, criminal activity that you could buy your way out. Great time.
Worm
oh, I'm not a dory,
I just want to eat lunch
Like i have to ask
I'm not a fan of The Dead...that being said, this is one of my favorite songs ever recorded.
That's funny, I'm not a fan of the living, but to each his own
Thats kinda weird i think
Ever heard of August West? Wouldn't hurt to do yourself a favor, its only music.
I'd like this song better if it was named Valle De Imperial blues
I said no wall 5
👃🏻☁️☁️☁️
Love this one. It's about Lazy Mexicans
Quick call a
0:42
I think someone needs to call Chris Hansen…..😐
Ggaabbyyy ggaayybbee
the 14 part too?!
@Freedog13 Better than a child molester
@Freedog13 a lot of awful things happened at various points throughout human history, we don't just excuse the behavior b/c "people of the past" committed them. it's still abusive and creepy that you would justify what is clearly rape b/c it was at a different time.
That poor 14 yo girl was probably feeding her whole family with money from tricking... People with cell phones that can listen to music and comment on the songs they are hearing have no idea how tuff life can be.
heads not at all dead
i smoke weed so fucking strong i feel like im here with the dead and it feels really good
Fuck taxes, I'm guta
blue pills 😎
child molestation songs are gross, regardless of the performer, especially if the performer knows it's child prostitution, and tries to make money off of it...
they have some great songs, but the message here is disgusting... forced sex for the pimp's money.. I'm no prude, but 14 is child abuse, so let's make a happy song about ??
NOPE !!!
give me It's All Over Now Baby Blue, or Truckin'...
Basically
Controversial opinion but grateful dead is kinda mids
🤘🤣💭🎼💥
RIP John Perry Barlow