Mississippi Water Lyrics

Mississippi Water

A painted lady sings a lullabye.
A raindrop falls from an empty sky.
A
steamboat's lying on a river bed.
The captain smiles and his eyes are
red.
Mississippi water washing over me.
Mississippi water washing over
me.

A lady's riding bareback on a horse.
I know that Babylon must be
her course.
An old man's laughing at the dead of night, but I don't care if
her is black or white.
Mississippi water washing over me.
Mississippi
water washing over me.

The summer heat burns the skin on my face, and
the trees shimmer so in this quiet place.
A bird up high sings a song that I
know, and those sweet melodies fall down like snow.
A crowd of people watch
an empty stage.
There's no performers but still they stay, moonlight dances
on a slide trombone.
The captain whistles as he wanders home.
Mississippi
water washing over me.
Mississippi water washing over me.
Mississippi
water washing over me.
Mississippi water washing over me.
Mississippi
water.
Mississippi water. (repeat to fade)


Submitted by Michael
Hack