Mississippi (Version 2)

Every step of the way

We walk the line

Your days are numbered

So are mine

Time is pilin' up

We struggle and we scrape

We're all boxed in

Nowhere to escape

City's just a jungle

More games to play

Trapped in the heart of it

Trying to get away

I was raised in the country

Been workin' in the town

Been in trouble

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 pourin' down

Nothing you can sell me

I'll see you around

All my powers of expression

And thoughts so sublime

Could never give you

Justice in reason or ryhme

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 want to

I have heard it all

I was thinkin' 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 here 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 somethin' strong

To distract my mind

I'm gonna look at you 'till 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 drownin' 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 nothin' but affection

For all those who've sailed with me

Everybody's movin'

If they ain't already there

Everybody 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

They're tight on my skin

Not as tight as the corner

That I painted myself in

I know fortune is waitin' 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