
Date of issue: 20.09.1998
Record label: An A&M Records Release;
Song language: English
Mississippi |
Every step of the way, we walk the line |
Your days are numbered, so are mine |
Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray |
We’re all boxed in, nowhere to escape |
City’s just a jungle, more games to play |
Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away |
I was raised in the country, I been working in the town |
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down |
Got nothing for you, I had nothing before |
Don’t even have anything for myself anymore |
Sky full of fire, Pain pouring down |
Nothing you can sell me, I’ll see you around |
All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime |
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme |
Only one thing I did wrong |
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long |
Well, the devil’s in the alley, mule’s in the stall |
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all |
I was thinking about the things that Rosie said |
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie’s bed |
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees |
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees |
So many things that we never will undo |
I know you’re sorry, I’m sorry too |
Some people will offer you their hand and some won’t |
Last night I knew you, tonight I don’t |
I need something strong to distract my mind |
I’m gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind |
Well I got here following the southern star |
I crossed that river just to be where you are |
Only one thing I did wrong |
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long |
Well my ship’s been split to splinters and it’s sinking fast |
I’m drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past |
But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free |
I’ve got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me Everybody’s moving, if they ain’t already there |
Everybody’s got to move somewhere |
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow |
Things should start to get interesting right about now |
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin |
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in I know that fortune is waiting to be kind |
So give me your hand and say you’ll be mine |
Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay |
You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way |
Only one thing I did wrong |
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long |
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