Mississippi - The Chicks

[00:02.09]Mississippi
[00:02.84]Dixie Chicks
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[00:18.43]Every step of the way
[00:19.93]We walk the line
[00:21.88]Your days are numbered So are mine
[00:25.64]Time is piling up
[00:27.14]We struggle and we scrape
[00:29.15]All boxed in Nowhere to escape
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[00:41.15]The city\'s just a jungle More games to play
[00:44.66]I\'m trapped in the heart of it Trying to get away
[00:48.44]I was raised in the country Been working in the town
[00:52.18]I been in trouble since I Set my suitcase down
[00:55.80]I ain\'t got nothing for you I had nothing before
[00:59.92]Don\'t even have anything For myself anymore
[01:03.80]Sky\'s full of fire And the rain is pouring down
[01:07.53]There\'s nothing you can sell me So I\'ll see you around
[01:11.21]All my powers of expression And thoughts so sublime
[01:14.89]Could never do you justice Reason or rhyme
[01:18.59]There\'s only one thing that I did wrong
[01:22.34]I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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[01:42.18]The devil\'s in the alley, the mule kickin\' in the stall
[01:45.75]Say anything you wanna, I\'ve heard it all
[01:49.31]I was thinking about the things that you said
[01:52.93]I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed
[01:57.42]Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
[02:00.82]Feel like a stranger nobody sees
[02:04.27]So many things we never will undo
[02:08.46]I know you\'re sorry, well I\'m sorry too
[02:12.54]Some people will offer you their hand and some won\'t
[02:16.25]Last night I knew you, tonight I don\'t
[02:19.95]I need something strong to distract my mind
[02:23.71]I\'m gonna look at you \'til my eyes go blind
[02:28.02]Well I got here, following the southern star
[02:31.25]I crossed that river just to be where you are
[02:35.13]There\'s only one thing that I did wrong
[02:38.70]I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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[02:57.84]Well my ship\'s been split to splinters; it\'s sinking fast
[03:01.54]I\'m drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
[03:05.30]But my heart is not weary, and smiling\'s free
[03:08.93]I\'ve got nothing but affection for those who\'ve sailed with me
[03:13.52]Everybody\'s moving if they ain\'t already there
[03:17.09]Everybody\'s got to move somewhere
[03:20.85]Well stick with me baby anyhow
[03:24.48]Things should start to get interesting right about now
[03:28.97]My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
[03:32.53]Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
[03:36.16]I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
[03:39.98]So give me your hand and say you\'ll be mine
[03:44.32]The emptiness is endless, gold is gray
[03:47.45]You can always go back, but you can\'t go back all the way
[03:51.15]Well there\'s only one thing that I did wrong
[03:54.97]I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[03:58.61]Yeah the only thing that I did wrong
[04:02.57]Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[04:06.14]The only thing that I did wrong
[04:10.15]Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long