[ti:Mississippi] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:The Essential (2014 Revised)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mississippi - Bob Dylan [00:07.32]Every step of the way we walk the line [00:13.29]Your days are numbered so are mine [00:19.34]Time is piling up we struggle and we stray [00:25.43]We're all boxed in nowhere to escape [00:31.80]City's just a jungle more games to play [00:37.94]Trapped in the heart of it tryin' to get away [00:42.94]I was raised in the country I been working in the town [00:49.77]I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down [00:55.93]Got nothing for you I had nothing before [01:01.99]Don't even have anything for myself anymore [01:07.99]Sky full of fire Pain pouring down [01:14.11]Nothing you can sell me I'll see you around [01:20.24]All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime [01:26.46]Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme [01:32.09]Only one thing I did wrong [01:37.81]Stayed in Mississippi a day too long [01:50.70]Well the devil's in the alley mule's in the stall [01:56.77]Say anything you wanna I have heard it all [02:02.52]I was thinking about the things that Rosie said [02:08.72]I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed [02:14.94]Walking through the leaves falling from the trees [02:20.84]Feeling like a stranger nobody sees [02:26.75]So many things that we never will undo [02:32.52]I know you're sorry I'm sorry too [02:38.83]Some people will offer you their hand and some won't [02:44.92]Last night I knew you tonight I don't [02:50.83]I need something strong to distract my mind [02:56.04]I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind [03:02.70]Well I got here following the southern star [03:08.64]I crossed that river just to be where you are [03:14.43]Only one thing I did wrong [03:19.75]Stayed in Mississippi a day too long [03:31.85]Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast [03:38.47]I'm drowning in the poison got no future got no past [03:44.55]But my heart is not weary it's light and it's free [03:50.49]I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me [03:56.82]Everybody's moving if they ain't already there [04:02.67]Everybody's got to move somewhere [04:08.17]Stick with me baby stick with me anyhow [04:13.49]Things should start to get interesting right about now [04:20.74]My clothes are wet tight on my skin [04:26.12]Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in [04:32.17]I know that fortune is waiting to be kind [04:37.88]So give me your hand and say you'll be mine [04:43.92]Well the emptiness is endless cold as the clay [04:49.77]You can always come back [04:51.44]But you can't come back all the way [04:55.51]Only one thing I did wrong [05:01.24]Stayed in Mississippi a day too long