It's a late night show on the radio   Going down the road with the Wolfman   Lightning bugs all around moonlight shining down   On little sleepy towns down in the flatlands      I can still hear momma calling   "Son it's time to come on in"   When the darkness started falling   Everybody gathered round the table, amen      Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze wish I'd never left you   Spent enough time in that old rat race goin' on back to the delta      Barbecues, back porch snooze   And the guitar blues just about sundown   Mockingbird melodies, watermelon memories   Cruisin' the streets downtown      Hot summer night down on the levy   She spread the blanket on the ground   There ain't no feeling like the first time   When the innocence is lost and love is found      Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze could almost reach and touch you   Been a long time and I missed your face goin' on back to the delta      I'm tired of searching for the answers   Always out there on the run   I'm goin' back to where my heart is   Down Highway 61      Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze almost reach and touch you   Been a long time since I seen your face goin' on back to the delta      Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze wish I'd never left you   Been too long in that old rat race goin' on down to the delta      Mississippi