Every step of the way, we walk the line   Your days are numbered, so are mine   Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray   We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape      City's just a jungle, more games to play   Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away   I was raised in the country, I been working in the town   I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down      Got nothing for you, I had nothing before   Don't even have anything for myself anymore   Sky full of fire came pouring down   Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around      All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime   Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme   Only one thing I did wrong   Stayed in Mississippi a day too long      Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall   Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all   I was thinking about the things that Rosie said   I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed      Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees   Feeling like a stranger nobody sees   So many things that we never will undo   I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too      Some people will offer you their hand and some won't   Last night I knew you, tonight I don't   I need something strong to distract my mind   I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind      Well I got here following the southern star   I crossed that river just to be where you are   Only one thing I did wrong   Stayed in Mississippi a day too long      Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast   I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past   But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free   I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me      Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there   Everybody's got to move somewhere   Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow   Things should start to get interesting right about now      My clothes are wet, tight on my skin   Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in   I know that fortune is waiting to be kind   So give me your hand and say you'll be mine      Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay   You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way   Only one thing I did wrong   Stayed in Mississippi a day too long