Snowed this mornin'

That kind of cold

Where your car won't start

And your heart won't go



The headwaters up here will freeze your bones

But they say I can float this river home

It's that long



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The Mississippi river runs so wide

The biggest tear God ever cried

Right now it feels like the great divide

And Lord I want to be on the other side

And Lord I want to be on the other side



Where that icy water turns to mud

And tastes dirty like it always should

Wehre they talk lazy

And they walk slow

And there's gospel in the radio

That's where I want to go



Chorus



50 miles til I get home

But when you're this close miles go twice as long



When I cross over

I'm going to get down

Gonna close my eyes and kiss the ground



Chorus