Up On Cripple Creek - The Band (The Band 5 of 10)

UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
The Band
The Band (1970)

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

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

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 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

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 throb, 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

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.

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

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  Music

[Lynn Turman]

The Band is one of the most influential groups in rock history. Everybody was into psychedelia before the Band. After Music from Big Pink, everybody (and I mean everybody) went back to the basics. Clapton left Cream. The Beatles went from Sgt. Pepper to the White Album. The Stones went from Satanic Majesties to Jumping Jack Flash. Hendrix went from The Experience to the Band of Gypsies. The Doors went from Love Me Two Times to Roadhouse Blues. The Who went from Happy Jack to Magic Bus.

[DThinkinHumanBean]

One of those rare song that's more than music. It takes control of your body, makes your head bop involuntarily and chills run down the spine. This band was magic.

[dtheils73]

Good song hell ya

[OtherTwin]

this is so in the groove great band great post j vincent edwards

[ROBERT CABRAL]

this song rocks u stupid asses don't know real music!

[kimberly longman]

This girl is upon cripple creek when it comes to ruckuses. :)

[Lynn Turman]

That's cool, Clarence. Love the Band.

[Nicholas Nevola]

Assholes, that's who they are.

[jrs420luv]

Man i wish i grew up in these days todays music sucks

[shonencello]

60 dislikes? I have no idea who you people are.

[GratefulBeing1]

It's always nice to find Bands that do that to ya.

Takes me back to another life, car, girl etc. yeah...it's nice