One Mississippi

Deep in the heart of Dixie

Where cotton’s still the king

If ya slide on down to the Delta

You can hear those banjos ring

Might be the muddy water

Comes in the spring wit’ the rain

Or a poor boy down on Parchman farm

At the end of a ball an’ chain

One Mississippi is a long time

Gone in the blink of an eye

Two Mississippi is a lifetime

The years just drift on by

Mississippi

If ya stand on the banks of the river

As the evenin’ sun goes down

When the cattails shake an’ shiver

You can hear that lonesome sound

Might be the moon on the water

Or the ol’ gray ghost in the trees

Or the scent of the sweet magnolia

Risin’ on the breeze

One Mississippi is a long time

Gone in the blink of an eye

Two Mississippi is a lifetime

The years just drift on by

Mississippi

An’ the riverboat floats by like a ghost

On it’s way to New Orleans

An’ the paddle wheel turns, as the coal smoke burns

From the heart of the Delta Queen

If you head on past the levee

Down the road what got no name

There’s a white cross on the hillside

An’ a sign that says: Jesus saves!

When that congregation

Begin to sing an’ shout

You can hear the rafters rattle

In the land of the cottonmouth

One Mississippi is a long time

Gone in the blink of an eye

Two Mississippi is a lifetime

The years just drift on by

Mississippi

Singin’ One Mississippi is a long time

Gone in the blink of an eye

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