Lyrics Mississippi - Live Version - The Chicks

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
We're all boxed in
Nowhere to escape

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

And I ain't got nothing for you
I had nothing before
Don't even have anything
For myself anymore

Sky full of fire
And the rain is pouring down
There's nothing you can sell me
So I'll see you around

My powers of expression
And thoughts too sublime
Could never do you justice
No reason or rhyme
Well, there's only one thing I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Devil's in the alley, mule kicking 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
Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees
Well, so many things we never will undo
I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too

Some people'll 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

I got here, from 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, whoo

Well my ship's been split to splinters, it's sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
But my highline's not movin' and smilin's free
I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me

And everybody's moving if they ain't already there
Everybody's gotta 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

Emptiness is endless, gold is grey
You can always go back, but you can't go 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
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Yeah, the only thing that I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long, whoo