Five Horse Johnson Mississippi King Lyrics

Mississippi King Lyrics

verse 1:

float into the flame like a river bo gypsy!



gather
'round the river cause I'm gonna set you all free



do what I'll say
and you'll have all the power



make the suckers dance and charge 'em
by the hour





chorus:

snappin the clocks when you do
that thing

now you're gonna shake for the mississippi king



now you're gonna send

now you're gonna send

now you're gonna send
for your medicine



now you're gonna send

now you're gonna
send

now you're gonna send for your medicine



verse 2:

you were the queen of a second horse town



all of his buddies
can't be rodeo clowns



linin 'em with sugar till the river runs
bone dry



servin up the fantasies unlimited supply



chorus



now you're gonna send

now you're gonna send

now you're gonna send for your medicine



verse 3:

I know
you've been bruised by losers lovers liars



set the tables long
baby labor lives no longer



spend all your life and you'll wish it
were flowers



your pimples full of petals can't back up those
hours



chorus