Chordyes

Mississippi

Mississippi Lyrics by Sheryl Crow

Intro Verse 1 Every Step Of The Way We Walk The Line Your Days Are Numbered, So Are Mine Time Is Piling Up, We Struggle And We Scrape All Boxed In, Nowhere To Escape Interlude Verse 2 The City's Just A Jungle, More Games To Play I'm Trapped In The Heart Of It Trying To Get Away I Was Raised In The Country Been Working In The Town I Been In Trouble Since I Set My Suitcase Down Verse 3 I Ain't Got Nothing For You, I Had Nothing Before Don't Even Have Anything For Myself Anymore Sky's Full Of Fire And The Rain Is Pouring Down There's Nothing You Can Sell Me, So I'll See You Around Verse 4 All My Powers Of Expression And Thoughts So Sublime Could Never Do You Justice Reason Or Rhyme Refrain There's Only One Thing That I Did Wrong I Stayed In Mississippi A Day Too Long Interlude Verse 5 The Devil's In The Alley, The Mule Kicking In The Stall Say Anything You Want To, I've Heard It All I Was Thinking About The Things That She Said I Was Dreaming I Was Sleeping In Your Bed Verse 6 Walking Through The Leaves, Falling From The Trees Feel Like A Stranger Nobody Sees So Many Things We Never Will Undo I Know You're Sorry, Well I'm Sorry Too Verse 7 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 Till My Eyes Go Blind Verse 8 Well I Got Here, F Ollowing The Southern Star I Crossed That River Just To Be Where You Are Refrain There's Only One Thing That I Did Wrong I Stayed In Mississippi A Day Too Long Interlude Verse 9 Well My Ship's Been Split To Splinters, 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 Those Who've Sailed With Me Verse 10 Everybody's Moving If They Ain't Already There Everybody's Got To Move Somewhere Well Stick With Me Baby Anyhow Things Should Start To Get Interesting Right About Now Verse 11 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 Verse 12 The Emptiness Is Endless, Cold As Clay You Can Always Come Back But You Can't Come Back All The Way Refrain There's Only One Thing That I Did Wrong I Stayed In Mississippi A Day Too Long Yeah, The Only Thing That I Did Wrong Was Stay In Mississippi A Day Too Long The Only Thing That I Did Wrong Was Stay In Mississippi A Day Too Long [Outro] (Fade Out)