E A
Every step of the way, we walk the line
E A
Your days are numbered, so are mine
E A
Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray
E A B7 E
We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape
E A
City's just a jungle, more games to play
E A
Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away
E A
I was raised in the country, I been working in the town
E A B7 E
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down
E A
Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
E A
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
E A
Sky full of fire, came pouring down
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Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around
E A
All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime
E A
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
E A
Only one thing I did wrong
E A B7 E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
E A
Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
E A
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
E A
I was thinking about the things that Rosie said
E A B7 E
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed
E A
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
E A
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
E A
So many things that we never will undo
E A B7 E
I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too
E A
Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
E A
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
E A
I need something strong to distract my mind
E A B7 E
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind
E A
Well I got here following the southern star
E A
I crossed that river just to be where you are
E A
Only one thing I did wrong
E A B7 E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
E A
Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
E A
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
E A
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
E A B7 E
I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
E A
Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there
E A
Everybody's got to move somewhere
E A
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
E A B7 E
Things should start to get interesting right about now
E A
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
E A
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
E A
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
E A B7 E
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine
E A
Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
E A
You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
E A
Only one thing I did wrong
E A B7 E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long