The Band - Up On Cripple Creek - Alternate Take/Remastered Lyrics

Lyrics Up On Cripple Creek - Alternate Take/Remastered - The Band



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 George, Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
And she told me just to come on by
If there's anything she could do
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
Odds were in my favor
I had him five to one
When that nag came around the track
Sure enough we had won
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
I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
And she tore it up and blew 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
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
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 fall
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore and I took another pull
My Bessie can't be beat
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
As a flood out in California
And up north it's freezing cold
And this living off 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 kinda tempted
To go and see my sweet Bessie again
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



Writer(s): Robbie Robertson


The Band - Capitol Rarities 1968-1977 (Remastered)
Album Capitol Rarities 1968-1977 (Remastered)
date of release
01-01-2015

1 Daniel And The Sacred Harp - Alternate Take/Remastered
2 Didn't It Rain - Remastered
3 Christmas Must Be Tonight - Alternate Version/Remastered
4 King Harvest (Has Surely Come) - Alternate Take/Remastered
5 The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show - Alternate Mix/Remastered
6 Don't Do It - Studio Version/Remastered
7 Twilight - Single Version/Remastered
8 Twilight - Early Alternate Version/Remastered
9 Up On Cripple Creek - Alternate Take/Remastered
10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Alternate Mix/Remastered
11 When I Paint My Masterpiece - Alternate Version/Remastered
12 Whispering Pines - Alternate Take/Remastered
13 Lonesome Suzie - Alternate Take/Remastered
14 Get Up Jake - Stereo Remix/Remastered
15 Shakin' - Remastered
16 Key To The Highway - Remastered
17 Jemima Surrender - Early Version/Remastered
18 Tears Of Rage - Alternate Take
19 Yazoo Street Scandal - Remastered
20 If I Lose - Remastered
21 Long Distance Operator - Remastered
22 Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) - Demo/Remastered
23 Rag Mama Rag - Alternate Vocal Take Rough Mix/Remastered
24 Time To Kill - Alternate Version/Remastered
25 Endless Highway - Demo/Remastered
26 Bessie Smith - Remastered
27 Cahoots Radio Commercial - Remastered
28 Crying Heart Blues - Remastered
29 What Am I Living For - Remastered
30 Going Back To Memphis - Remastered
31 Endless Highway - Studio Version/Remastered
32 Georgia On My Mind - Alternate Take/Remastered




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