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 she said
  I was dreaming I was sleeping in you 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 till 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
  I's sinking fast
  I'm drowning in the poison
  Got no future
  Got no past
  But my heart is not weary, it's light and it'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
  Cold as clay
  You can always come back
  But you can't come 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