The Thing About Mississippi

When I close my eyes, I can see your blue ones

You’re messing with your bulldogs cap

And I can hear your F-150

Delta blues coming out the dash

You and me could be smiling under granddaddy’s dogwood tree

I’ll admit, when I picture it, it looks real pretty

But that’s the thing about Mississippi

And love at 17

It’s the kind of beautiful that makes most people happy

But here’s the thing about a dreamer

Ain’t no sense trying to keep her

From chasin’ down the freedom that her heart just wants so badly

We both know I can’t stay and you can’t leave

And that’s the thing about Mississippi

You deserve the life that your family’s worked

For years to pass on down to you

And you should get to see your kids

In the same backyard if you want to

There’s nothing wrong with staying put

And part of me wishes I could

But that’s the thing about Mississippi

And love at 17

It’s the kind of beautiful that makes most people happy

But here’s the thing about a dreamer

Ain’t no sense trying to keep her

From chasin’ down the freedom that her heart just wants so badly

We both know I can’t stay and you can’t leave

And that’s the thing about Mississippi

That's the thing about Mississippi

I bet you’re gonna find a girl

With the same blonde hair and green eyes too

And she’ll have a little more stick around than I do

And she’ll teach kindergarten, but I've got this guitar and

But that’s the thing about Mississippi

And love at 17

It’s the kind of beautiful that makes most people happy

But here’s the thing about a dreamer

Ain’t no sense trying to keep her

From chasin’ down the freedom that her heart just wants so badly

We both know I can’t stay and you can’t leave

And that’s the thing about Mississippi

That’s the thing about Mississippi

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