Bob Dylan - Mississippi (Unreleased Version 2, Time Out of Mind) Lyrics

Lyrics Mississippi (Unreleased Version 2, Time Out of Mind) - Bob Dylan



Every step of the way we walk the line
Your days are numbered, so are mine
Time is pilin' up, we struggle and we scrape
We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape
City's just a jungle, more games to play
Trapped in the heart of it, trying to get away
I was raised in the country, I been workin' in the town
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down
Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
Sky full of fire, pain pourin' down
Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around
All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in mississippi a day too long
Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
I was thinkin' about the things that Rosie said
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
So many things that we never will undo
I know you're sorry, 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 somethin' 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
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in mississippi a day too long
Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
I'm drownin' 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 nothin' but affection for all those who've sailed with me
Everybody movin' if they ain't already there
Everybody got to move somewhere
Stick with me baby, stick with me 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 waitin' to be kind
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine
Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in mississippi a day too long



Writer(s): BOB DYLAN


Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Deluxe Edition)

1 32-20 Blues (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")
2 High Water (For Charley Patton) [Live, 2003]
3 Most of the Time - Alternate Version from 'Oh Mercy' sessions
4 Someday Baby (Alternate Version, "Modern Times")
5 Red River Shore (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6 Tell Ol' Bill (Alternate Version) [From the "North Country" Soundtrack]
7 Born In Time (Unreleased, "Oh Mercy")
8 Can't Wait (Alternate Version, "Time Out of Mind")
9 Everything Is Broken - Alternate Version from 'Oh Mercy' sessions
10 Dreamin' of You - Outtake from 'Time Out Of Mind' sessions
11 Huck's Tune (From Lucky You Soundtrack)
12 Marchin' to the City (Unreleased, "Time Out of Mind")
13 Series of Dreams - Outtake from 'Oh Mercy' sessions
14 God Knows (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
15 Can't Escape from You (Unreleased, December 2005)
16 Dignity - Outtake from 'Oh Mercy' sessions
17 Ring Them Bells (Live At The Supper Club, 1993)
18 Ain't Talkin' (Alternate Version, "Modern Times")
19 'Cross the Green Mountain - from 'Gods and Generals' OST
20 Duncan and Brady (Unreleased, 1992)
21 Cold Irons Bound (Live, 2004)
22 Mississippi (Unreleased Version #3, "Time Out of Mind")
23 Most of the Time (Alternate Version #2, "Oh Mercy")
24 Ring Them Bells (Alternate Version, "Oh Mercy")
25 Things Have Changed (Live, 2000)
26 Red River Shore (Unreleased Version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
27 Born In Time (Unreleased Version #2, "Oh Mercy")
28 Tryin' to Get to Heaven (Live, 2000)
29 Marchin' to the City (Unreleased Version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
30 Can't Wait (Alternate Version #2, "Time Out of Mind")
31 Mary and the Soldier (Unreleased, "World Gone Wrong")




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