Gene Clark Mississippi Detention Camp Lyrics

Mississippi Detention Camp Lyrics

When I was seventeen I went out on the run 
What started out to be a fantasy ended up 
Getting me down in trouble and a-givin` me a pile of the blues 
How was I to know the fantasy can do 
 
Me and a couple of friends of mine we were havin` some fun 
`til we started romancing with the love of a gun 
First bank that fell we felt like a king and his court too 
But we ended up in the Mississippi River camp fightin` the blues 
 
Watch those big wheels turning and got more time to do 
Down on the Mississippi River detention camp fightin` the blues 
I sit here rolling down a river and I dream about Mary Sue 
Wish that I had her by my side livin` in a California redwood 
 
I remember that my dear old mama she took me aside and said son 
I know you`ve got a hell of a lot more pride than you can hide behind a gun 
So remember when you`re out there and the law against you 
That you could`ve been a hell of a lot more of a man had been true 
 
Now I watch those big wheels turnin` and I got more time to do 
Down on the Mississippi River detention camp and fightin` the blues 
I sit here watchin` the river and I dream about Mary Sue 
Girl I left behind in Kansas and left for the outlaw dues 
 
I go one, two, three and never count past four 
Why should I do the same when I know the days are gonna just count more 
I know that I`ve got to pay a lot of dues 
Down on the Mississippi River camp and fightin` the blues 
 
And I watch those big wheels rolling and I dream about Mary Sue 
Wish that I could go back to California redwoods 
If I ever make parole I`ll tell you what I`m gonna do 
Livin` back in the forest and I`m gonna warm myself a brew 
 
`cause I watch those big wheels turning and I got more time to do 
Down on the Mississippi River detention camp and fightin` the blues