You gotta know what for, babe, you got nothin' to lose, Just like ev'rybody else in the whole **** world. You gotta break on through To the other side of your sad attitude, But you can't shake off Them muddy Mississippi Bluez.
Well, Hell! She's beatin' on a drum And she's gettin pretty loose. Seems like ev'rybody else in the whole **** world Is comin' down on her And standin' on some plattitude. She's just tryin' to groove To the muddy Mississippi Bluez.
Up and down the water, You watch the riverboats cruise, As you drink against a tree beneath a sky of blue. Sleep wants to take you, But Honey, you refuse. You gotta pay your dues To the muddy Mississippi Blues.
Life along the delta can be simple and fine, When the stills fill the jugs and the full moon shines. You're gonna make it through When you find a little gratitude. So give your praise To the muddy Mississippi Bluez
"Well, Hell! Take me away, Muddy Mississippi. I know I can count on you. To stain my soul Like muddy Mississippi goo. I owe it all To the muddy Mississippi Bluez!"
This is a reposting.I took it down as a last resort to remove a comment that was basically a filthy joke. I do go in for that sort of humor. I wrote it during the millinium year because I was living in the Florida Everglades, and was feeling homesick for the Mississippi Delta region where I roamed for years. Creative liscense is taken to help create a certain freedom of conventionality and echo some of the dialacts I've heard when I lived there. If you have ever been a "river rat" you'll understand.