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One Mississippi

from From The Dark by Denny Smith

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ONE MISSISSIPPI

JUST TELL ME WHERE I WENT WRONG
‘CAUSE RIGHT NOW I’M FEELING EVERY WORD, EVERY SONG
HOPE YOU’LL FORGIVE ME FOR SINGING ALONG WITH THE BLUES

BUT IT’S LONELY WHERE I COME FROM
THAT SAME PLACE YOU FOUND ME, YOU LEFT ME TO RUN
WHEN YOU PLANTED THE SMOKING GUN
LIT A FUSE

I WASN’T READY FOR IT
SOMEBODY MADE MY BED
AS I WAS COUNTING BACKWARD IN A GAME
THREE MISSISSIPPI
TWO MISSISSIPPI
ONE MISSISSIPPI
LET IT RAIN

THERE’S A LINE NO LOVER SHOULD CROSS
BUT EVERY BODY GETS TEMPTED, EVERY SPIRIT GETS LOST
AND THERE’S NOTHIN’ THAT COVERS THE COST BUT THE TRUTH

NOW, WOMAN, I HANG MY HEAD
WHAT YOU DID LEFT ME BROKEN, AND NEXT DOOR TO DEAD
YOU CAN BURY THE NEEDLE IN THE RED, WHEN THERE’S NOT MUCH TO LOSE

I WASN’T READY FOR IT
NOBODY WAVED A FLAG
BUT I WAS COUNTING BACKWARD JUST THE SAME
THREE MISSISSIPPI
TWO MISSISSIPPI
ONE MISSISSIPPI
LET IT RAIN

I WASN’T ASKING FOR IT
NO, NOT A WORD WAS SAID
’TIL I WAS COUNTING BACKWARD IN THE FLAMES
THREE MISSISSIPPI
TWO MISSISSIPPI
ONE MISSISSIPPI

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from From The Dark, released December 13, 2019

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