Up on Cripple Creek (11/1/1970 at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA)

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
c drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
I bet on one horse to win and she 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, me and little Bessie 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
c drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

I picked up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half
She tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet
cnd I swore as 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
c drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold
cnd 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
c drunkard's dream if I ever did see one