Lyrics

Back to Mississippi 3:38
© 2010 James E. Thomas, Jr.
Misty Owl Music (ASCAP)

Mister train man,
Sun going down East from West
I don't know,
And all this rain…man.
Here in my pocket
All I can find is a hole.

Don't leave me here
Where it's so cold.
Don't leave me here
Where the cotton don't grow.
I want to go…
Back to Mississippi.

How many footsteps
On a long dusty road?
How many eyes
Have watched the steamboats roll?
How many voices
Down a crooked line of telephone poles?
How many?

Mister paddle wheel man,
If your big ole boat
Needs a roustabout,
I am your man.

All I am asking
If you are going South,
Don't leave me here
Where it's so cold.
Don't leave me here
Where the cotton don't grow.
I want to go…I want to go…
I want to go…back to Mississippi.