One Mississippi

Fertile fields Of flatlands and hills Raise 'bout anything Whatever a farmer can dream Slugburger, shrimp boil Catfish fried up in oil Oh, good gosh almighty Just 'a husk a hot tamale Now that's Mississippi America's music birthplace Where rock n roll was made Out of our gospel and blues And that pure country tune O' authors and poets So profoundly stoic An imagination of a child Let their words run wild Come on now Now that's Mississippi I say One Mississippi there's a magnolia tree Two Mississippi Where a mockingbird sings Out on its limb Whistling that sweet soulful hymn I say Three Mississippi to this land called home I'll breathe Mississippi 'Til I'm dead and gone Just carry on Ahh carry on Mississippi We survived hurricanes Know them by name Rose above the flood Built a wall Of its own mud And come Sunday mornin' We profess our faith With "Near the Cross" And its "Amazing Grace" Now that's Mississippi I say One Mississippi there's a magnolia tree Two Mississippi Where a mockingbird sings Out on its limb Whistling that sweet soulful hymn... I say Three Mississippi to this land called home I'll breathe Mississippi 'Til I'm dead and gone Just carry on Ahh carry on Mississippi 'Round here's where the Muppets grew up And potters and artists Inspired all of us There're kudzu walls And fall football A gulf coast sunset And a delta dawn It's simple nights A smile on a face Takin' that peaceful drive Down the Natchez Trace And our ol' man river Lavish lakes and streams Pines full of the wildest life And possibilities That's Mississippi Now Jackson Is some kind of centerpiece On a most celebrated table Of hospitality And ain't it funny how the world has come to count it seems They're doin' it everywhere It's not just one, two, three We're One Mississippi Where there's a magnolia tree Two Mississippi While a mockingbird sings Out on its limb Oh, and what a sweet soulful hymn I say Three Mississippi To this land called home I'll bleed Mississippi 'Til I'm dead and gone Won't you carry on Ahh carry on Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi