Everybody knows
Catfish got no scales
Everybody knows
That cotton comes in bales
The Mississippi River
Deep and muddy stream
I just sit on the bank
And fish while I dream
Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
I can't pick no cotton
I can't pick no corn
It just keeps on raining
And I just stay at home
Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
I am so miserable
I am so tired
I watch that Mississippi river
Till the fishes swim by
My life is so confused
But I don't want to die
I wanna go to heaven
But I am afraid to fly
Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
I know I know I know
I never meant to do what I did
