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