Move Back To Mississippi

[00:34.54] Young man came from the country
[00:42.19] Tried his luck in New Orleans
[00:49.49] Spirit it changed in the city
[00:56.95] His heart grew cold and weak
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[01:17.34] And mother cried in the evening
[01:24.61] Prayed for the boy she once knew
[01:31.43] Said Jesus, you better hurry (better hurry)
[01:38.86] 'Cause the devil (the devil) might get him before you do
[01:45.55] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord), move back to Mississippi (to Mississippi)
[01:52.75] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord), you better go on home (go on home, yeah)
[02:11.90] (Ah) got mixed up with some educated women
[02:21.87] Learned from a selfish kind of crowd
[02:28.71] Get liquor and got the best of his judgment (mm-mm)
[02:36.39] Cocaine made that young boy proud
[02:42.76] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) move back to Mississippi (to Mississippi)
[02:49.98] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) you better go on home (better go on home)
[02:57.07] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) move back to Mississippi (to Mississippi)
[03:04.12] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) yeah, you better go on home now
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[04:22.72] And then one day, the train reached the station
[04:30.07] Full of trouble, the young man should have run
[04:37.16] He had the money and the blood on the table (mm-mm)
[04:44.14] And that boy, he was holding on tight to the gun
[04:51.36] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) move on back to Mississippi (to Mississippi)
[04:58.81] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) son, better go back home (go back home)
[05:05.86] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) move on back to Mississippi (back to Mississippi)
[05:13.18] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord) yeah, get your ass back home (yeah, get your ass back)
[05:20.06] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord)
[05:25.35] (Mm-mm)
[05:27.23] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord)
[05:33.64] (Mm-mm)
[05:34.50] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord)
[05:37.88] (Mm-mm, mm-mm)
[05:41.74] Oh, Lord (oh, Lord), you better go back home (you better go back home)
[05:55.09] (Mm-mm)
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