Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mississippi Sand, artist - Johnny Cash. Date of issue: 31.03.1972
Song language: English
Mississippi Sand |
| I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land |
| I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand |
| My mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife |
| Or you’ll be stuck here in this mud all of your life |
| Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold |
| Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul |
| But a man’s gotta make it sometime a man’s gotta take a stand |
| Or he’ll get left in the Mississippi sand |
| A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet |
| Singing songs of sadness picking girls off of the street |
| He made a little bit of music was a leader of a band |
| And they call him the muddy Mississippi band |
| My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens |
| I took her out to churches to socials schools and things |
| She was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud |
| And he left her here in the Mississippi mud |
| Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold |
| Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul |
| But a man’s gotta make it sometime a man’s gotta take a stand |
| Or he’ll get left in the Mississippi sand |
| Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store |
| We choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor |
| We relived him of his pocketbook his blood and other things |
| Now the Mississippi man’s no longer mean |
| Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold |
| Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul |
| But a man’s gotta make it sometime a man’s gotta take a stand |
| Or he’ll get left in the Mississippi sand |