Mississippi
Dixie Chicks

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

We're all boxed in

Nowhere to escape


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


I ain't got nothing for you

I had nothing before

Don't even do anything

For myself anymore


Sky's full of fire

Rain pouring down

There's nothing you can sell me

So I'll see you around


All my powers of expression

And thoughts so sublime

Could never do you justice

In reason or rhyme

Well there's only one thing I did wrong

I stayed in Mississippi a day too long


The devil's in the alley, mule kicking in the stall

Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all

I was thinking about the things that you said

I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed


Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees

Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees

Well so many things we never will undo

I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too


Some people'll 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 sinking fast

I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past

But my heart is not weary, and smiling's free

I've got nothing 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, gold is gray

You can always go back, but you can't go 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


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Lyrics by Dixie Chicks

  A Heart That Can   A Home   A Road Is Just A Road   Am I The Only One   Am I the Only One (Who Ever Felt this Way)   Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)   Am I The Only One (Whose Ever Felt This Way)   Aunt Mattie's Quilt   Baby Hold On   Bitter End   Bloody Mary Morning   Boo-Hoo   Bring It On Home To Me   Christmas Swing   Cold Day In July   Cowboy Take Me Away   Desire   Dixie Chicks- Ready To Run   Don't Waste Your Heart   Don't Waste Your Heart   Earl Had To Die   Easy Silence   Everbody Knows   Everybody Knows   Favorite Year   Fly   Give It Up Or Let Me Go   God Speed (sweet Dreams)   Godspeed   Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)   Good Bye Earl   Goodbye Earl   Goodbye Earl [DVD]   Green River   Hallelujah, I Just Love Him So   Hallelujah, I Love Him So   Heart That Can   Heartbreak Town   Hello Mr. Heartache   Hey Dixie   Hey Dixie (I Hear You Calling)   Hole In My Head   Home   I Beleive In Love   I Believe In Love   I Can Love You Better   I can love you better than that   I Hope   I Hope (Katrina Charity Version)   I Like It   I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart   I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart   I Wasn't Looking For You   I'll Take Care Of You   I'm Falling Again   I'm Not Ready To Make Nice   I've Only Got Myself To Blame   I'll Take Care Of You   I'm Falling Again   If I Fall You're Going Down With Me   If I Fall You're Going Down With Me   if i fall your going down with me   Irish Medley   Just A Bit Like Me   Landslide   Landslide (Live)   Landslide (Sheryl Crow Remix)   Landslide [Album Version]   Landslide [DVD]   Let 'em Fly   Let 'Er Rip   Let 'er Rip   Let Him Fly   Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow   Lil' Jack Slade   Little Ol' Cowgirl   Little Ol' Cowgirl   Lonesome Road   Long Roads   Long Time Gone   Love Me Like A Man   Loving Arms   Lubbock Or Leave It   Lullaby   Merry Christmas From The Family   More Love   Never Say Die   Northern Rail   Not Ready To Make Nice   Not Ready to Make Nice [Multimedia Track]   Not Really to Make Nice   Once You've Loved Somebody   Once You've Loved Somebody   One Heart Away   Past The Point Of Rescue   Pink Toenails   Planet Of Love   Rain   Ready To Run   Rider   Road Is Just a Road   Roly Poly   Roly Poly with Asleep at the Wheel   She'll Find Better Things To Do   Shouldn't A Told You That   Silent House   Sin Wagon   So Hard   Some Days You Gotta Dance   Somedays You Gotta Dance   Sometimes I Wake Up Crying   Stand By Your Man   Standin' By The Bedside   Standin' By The Bedside   Storm Out On The Sea   Strawberry Wine   Taking The Long Way   Taking The Long Way Around   Thank Heavens For Dale Evans   That Lonesome Road   The Cowboy Lives Forever   The Long Way Around   The Love Police   The Neighbor   The Price I Pay   The Thrill Is In The Chase   There Goes My Dream   There's No Letter Better Than B   There's Your Trouble   There's No Letter Better Than B   There's Your Trouble   This Heart Of Mine   Thrill Is In The Chase   Thunderheads   Tonight The Heartache's On Me   Tonight The Heartache's On Me   Too Far From Texas   Top Of The World   Tortured, Tangled Hearts   Travelin' Soldier   Travelin' Soldier   Traveling Soldier   Truth No. 2   Truth, No. 2   Two Of A Kind   Voice Inside My Head   Walk Softly   We Danced Anyway   West Texas Wind   Wherever You Are   Whistles And Bells   White Trash Wedding   Who Will Be The Next One   Wide Open Spaces   Without You   You Can't Hurry Love   You Can't Hurry Love   You Send Me   You Were Mine

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