When I get off of this mountain
Tell her I'll be rolling in
That's when that little love of mine
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
To the race track I did go
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
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I don't have to speak, as she defends me
My Bessie can't be beat
I took up all of my winnings
But I love to hear him talk"
And this living on the road
Is getting pretty old
The odds were in my favor
To the Gulf of Mexico
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
So I guess, I'll call up my big mama
You know where I want to go
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
And I bet on another to show
To the bottom of my feet
She told me just to come on by
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
Straight down the Mississippi river
I had 'em five to one
Sure enough we had won
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
As there's a flood out in California
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
And up North it's freezing cold
And I swore as I took another pull
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I sure would like to see
If I spring a leak, she mends me
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
And I gave my little Bessie half
Now that just gave my heart a throb
I don't have to speak, she defends me
She bet on one horse to win
To go and see my Bessie again
Just for a laugh
Dips her doughnut in my tea
We had Spike Jones on the box
She said, "I can't take the way he sings
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
Songwriter: Robbie Robertson
I'm kind of tempted
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me
If there's anything that she could do
When that nag to win came around the track
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
Now me and my mate were back at the shack
To Lake Charles Louisiana
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
But you know, deep down
If I spring a leak, she mends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one