TRACK TALK #370 Cocaine Blues

COCAINE BLUES
ALBUM : The Bootleg Series Vol.8: Tell Tale Signs (2008)
Recorded : Enregistré live le 24 Août 1997
Released : 6 Octobre 2008

Réécriture du traditionnel "Little Sadie" enregistré pour la 1ère fois en 1947 par les Western Aces.
Un classique de la country devenu un favori de Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Dave Van Ronk et Uncle Tupelo, entre autres.
Bob Dylan va l'inclure régulièrement à son répertoire (la version de Guthrie) mais il faudra attendre le "Bootleg Series Vol.8" pour entendre sur disque une version live datant de 97.

Première performance live : New York (1er Octobre 1962)
Dernière performance live : Pittsburgh (5 Novembre 1999)
Total : 68 fois.



Lyrics
Every time my baby and me go up town
Police come and they knock me down
Cocaine all around my brain

Hey baby better come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Yonder comes my baby, she's dressed in red
She's got a shotgun, says she's gonna kill me dead
Cocaine all around my brain

Hey baby you better come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Early one morning, half past four
Cocaine come knockin' on my door
Cocaine all around my brain

Hey baby you better, better come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Cocaine's for horses and it's not for men
Doctor said it kill you but he don't say when
Cocaine all around my brain

Hey baby you better come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

La version de référence, c'est quand même celle du Gaslight 1962.