Mississippi River

Mississippi River, take me down
Deliver me to hallowed ground
From the northern prairie to the Delta down south
Hear the dead whisper and the children shout

Hear them call my name
Call my name
Hear them call my name
Call my name

Independent thinkers, whiskey drinkers
All just links in the chain

Mississippi River, whistling wind
Through a land of contradictions
Same old story, passed down the line
Bound for glory by and by

Hear them call your name
Call your name
Hear them call your name
Call your name

Messianic thinkers, true believers
Put another link into the chain

Mississippi River plant the seed
Pray for rain many mouths to feed
Like the temper of a patient man
Often where we sit is where we stand

All across this land
Hand in hand
All across this land
From sea to sand

Resolute actors, knee jerk detractors
From the front, all the way to the back
From the Mississippi to the Rio Grande
We take the good with the bad
We're all just singing with the band