Emmett flashed her a smile from across the room Like a sulfur match in the growing gloom Against his smooth brown skin they were shining white In the land of the shadows, dark and light He winked and he whistled and stepped into The glaring glint of the afternoon His 14 years of wrong and right In the land of the shadows, dark and light [Chorus] Just a northern boy, didn't mean a thing Only seen Mississippi in magazines Gonna tear his momma's heart apart In the land of the shadows, light and dark With his cousins down that dusty road He didn't think on it, how could he know They was just teenage boys seeking girls and fights In the land of the shadows, dark and light His granddad stood in his white night gown In the rough hewn door without a sound There was two white boys who wouldn't give no fight In the land of the shadows, dark and light [Chorus] Just a northern boy, didn't mean a thing Only seen Mississippi in magazines Gonna tear his momma's heart apart In the land of the shadows, light and dark Across the threshold, their plan in gear They smelled like cigarettes, dry leaves and fear With a 45 Colt and the right of might In the land of the shadows, dark and light Pulled by 4 strong arms from sleep where he prayed to the lord his soul to keep To that half ton Chevy on a starry night In the Land of the Shadows, dark and light [Chorus] Just a northern boy, didn't mean a thing Only seen Mississippi in magazines Gonna tear his momma's heart apart In the land of the shadows, light and dark The river runs muddy in the summer time They dredged a rusty wheel from an old turbine It didn't look like nobody in the morning bright In the land of the shadows, dark and light Emmett flashed her a smile from across the room Like a sulfur match in the growing gloom Against his smooth brown skin they were shining white In the land of the shadows, dark and light In the land of the shadows, dark and light In the land of the shadows
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