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Mississippi Clay Lyrics by James Carothers

Honky Tonk Land

2014

[Verse]
There’s a tin roof house and some broke down cars
Covered in kudzu vines
There a chair from the house with a springs stickin’ out
Sittin’ by an old spool of wire
There’s a pile of bottles out the kitchen door
You can see them on a winter day
The road’s as dirty it’s nineteen eighty
And it’s made of mississippi clay
[Chorus]
Thirty-five years ago she was a looker
And quite the magnolia prize
Had every feller ‘tween Yazoo and Tupelo
Talkin’ bout her big brown eyes
You ain’t ever fеlt another daughter of the dеlta
That will make you do anything
Was the word around here, though it’s been a lot of years
Since she walked the mississippi clay
[Verse]
Rich men, poor men, Big-to-do’s
Why she turned them down
Nobody could get her, nobody could figure
Why she’d hang around
Big Jack Lee kept his hopes high
He thought he had the best chance of local guys
He took it pretty hard when she ran off
With a boy nobody would have ever thought
[Chorus]
Thirty-five years ago she was a looker
And quite the magnolia prize
Had every feller ‘tween Yazoo and Tupelo
Talkin’ bout her big brown eyes
You ain’t ever felt another daughter of the delta
That will make you do anything
Was the word around here and it’s been a lot of years
Since she walked the mississippi clay
[Verse]
He never spoke of her for the rest of his life
He drunk himself to death, but it took a little time
He sat in front of his house in a chair
Never give you more than a thousand yard stare
Why was he crazy? Where did she go?
Is there red dirt secrets no one knows?
Why does life turn into hell?
Whatever happened to a southern belle?
[Chorus]
Thirty-five years ago she was a looker
And quite the magnolia prize
Had every feller ‘tween Yazoo and Tupelo
Talkin’ bout her big brown eyes
You ain’t ever felt another daughter of the delta
That will make you do anything
Was the word around here and it’s been a lot of years
Since she walked the mississippi clay
Thirty-five years ago she was a looker
And quite the magnolia prize
Had every feller ‘tween Yazoo and Tupelo
Talkin’ bout her big brown eyes
You ain’t ever felt another daughter of the delta
That will make you do anything
And it’s been a lot of years since she went and disappeared
Underneath the mississippi clay
[Outro]
There a tin roof house and some broke down cars
Covered in kudzu vines
Credits
James Carothers

James Carothers

About “Mississippi Clay” by James Carothers

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"Mississippi Clay" appears on "Honky Tonk Land" in 2014.

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