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 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 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



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 thinking about the things that you said

I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed



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



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 sinking fast

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