Down the Mississippi

Tied up, gagged and a candle

in a trailer RV

And that purple dressed lady

is dripping hot wax on me

Down the Mississippi

the girl she was so pretty

And even though she whipped me

I'm stuck in Memphis city

And now it's such a pity

that I won't come back home

 

Now I'm lost on my own

She put a spell on my bone

She drove it under my skin

Worst place that I've ever been

Sign on the wall says, "Volunteer State"

Dead bird on the floor, dog food in a cage

Man, lawdy lawd, I'm so far away from home

 

T'was a diner in Memphis

She said her name was Elaine

And the weather forecast

said'll be thunder and rain

Two golden teeth and as rad as heck

Tight as the rope around a guilty man's neck

She grabbed my hand and said let's get goin astray

 

And now I'm lost on my own ...

 

 

Now my temperature's sinking

I guess my race it is gone

Met my fate and I'm thinking

about the deeds that I've done

She grabbed my mind cut a slice of me

Kept me alive but I wish that she

cut through my throat and let me get going back home

 

But I'm lost on my own ...

 

 

Down the Mississippi

The girl she was so pretty

And even though she hit me

I'm stuck in Memphis city

And now it's such a pity

That I won't come back home

 

Down the Mississippi ...

 

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