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
