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Mississippi Lyrics by Nicholas Payne

Half Mile

2025

[Verse 1]
\nEvery step of the way
\nWe walk the line
\nYour days are numbered
\nBut so are mine
\nTime is piling up
\nWe struggle and we scrape
\nWe're all boxed in
\nWith nowhere to escape
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nThe city's just a jungle
\nIt's got more games to play
\nWe're trapped in the heart of it
\nAlways tryin' to get away
\nI was raised in the country
\nBut I been working in the town
\nI've been in trouble ever since
\nI set my suitcase down
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nI've got nothing' for you
\nI had nothin' before
\nI don't even have anything
\nFor myself anymore
\nThe sky's full of fire
\nAnd there's pain pouring down
\nThere's nothing you can sell me
\nSo I'll see you around
\n
\n[Verse 4]
\nAll my powers of expression
\nMy thoughts so sublime
\nCould never do you justice
\nIn reason or rhyme
\nThere's only one thing
\nThat I did wrong
\nI stayed in Mississippi a day too long
\n
\n[Verse 5]
\nThe devil is in the alleyway
\nMule's kicking in the stall
\nSay anything you want to
\nI have heard it all
\nI was thinking about the things
\nThat Rosie said
\nI was dreaming that I was sleeping in Miss Rosie's bed
\n
\n[Verse 6]
\nI went walking through the leaves
\nThat are falling from the trees
\nFeeling like a stranger
\nThat nobody sees
\nSo many things
\nThat we never will undo
\nI know you're sorry, babe
\nBut I'm sorry too
\n
\n[Verse 7]
\nSome people will offer you their hand
\nAnd some won't
\nLast night I knew you
\nBut tonight I don't
\nI need something strong
\nTo distract my mind
\nSo I'm gonna look at you
\n'Til my eyes they go blind
\n
\n[Verse 8]
\nI got here by following
\nThe southern star
\nAnd I'd cross that river just to be where you are
\nThere's only one thing
\nThat I did wrong
\nI stayed in Mississippi a day too long
\n
\n[Verse 9]
\nMy ship's been split to splinters
\nAnd now it's sinkin' fast
\nI'm drowning in the poison
\nGot no future, got no past
\nBut my heart is not weary
\nOh no it's light and it's free
\n'Cause I've got nothing but affection
\nFor all those who've sailed with me
\n
\n[Verse 10]
\nEverybody's moving
\nIf they ain't already there
\nSuppose everybody's got to move
\nTo somewhere
\nOh but stick with me, baby
\nJust stick with me anyhow
\n'Cause things oughta start to get interesting
\nRight about now
\n
\n[Verse 11]
\nMy clothes are wet
\nThey're tight on my skin
\nNot as tight as this corner
\nThat I've painted myself in
\nI know that fortune
\nShe's just waiting to be kind
\nSo give me your hand and then say that you'll be mine
\n
\n[Verse 12]
\nThe emptiness is endless
\nAnd it's as cold as the clay
\nYou can always come back
\nBut you can't come back all the way
\nThere's only one thing
\nThat I did wrong
\nI stayed in Mississippi a day too long\n\n
Credits
Nicholas Payne

Nicholas Payne

About “Mississippi” by Nicholas Payne

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