Johnny Tillotson - Mississippi Youâ??re On My Mind lyrics

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MISSISSIPPI YOU'RE ON MY MIND<br />

Writer Jesse Winchester<br />

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I think I see a wagon rutted road<br />

With the weeds growing tall between the tracks<br />

And along one side runs a rusty barbed wire fence<br />

And beyond that sits an old tar paper shack <br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind <br />

I think I hear a noisy old John Deere<br />

In a field specked with dirty cotton lint<br />

And below the field runs a shady little creek<br />

And there you'll find the cool green leaves of mint <br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind <br />

I think I smell the honeysuckle vine<br />

The heavy sweetness like to make me sick<br />

And the dogs, my God, they're hungry all the time<br />

And the snakes are sleeping where the weeds are thick <br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind <br />

I think I feel an angry oven heat<br />

The Southern Sun just blazes in the sky<br />

In the dusty weeds a fat grasshopper jumps<br />

I want to make it to that creek before I fry <br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Mississippi you're on my mind<br />

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind