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

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 workin' in the town
I' been in trouble since I
Set my suitcase down

I ain't got nothin' for you
I had nothin' before
Don't even have anything
For myself, anymore

Sky's full of fire
And the rain is pourin' down
There's nothin' you can sell me
So, I'll see-you-around

All my powers of expression
And thoughts, so sublime
Could never do you justice
Reason, or rhyme
There's only one thing that I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day-too-long

The devil's in the alley, the mule kickin' in the stall
Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all
I was thinkin' about the things that she said
I was dreamin' I was sleepin' in your bed

Walkin' through the leaves fallin' 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

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
There's only one thing that I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day-too-long

Well, my ship's been split to splinters, it's sinkin', 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 those who've sailed with me

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

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

The emptiness is endless, cold as clay
You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
Well, 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 stayed in Mississippi a day-too-long
The only thing that I did wrong
Was stayed in Mississippi a day-too-long