Nashville sky, in the morning sun
Somewhere up north, a new life begun
He was drawn to the twister, with a Memphis sound
Kissed by an Angel, of a music town
As your nights close to the beat of the dream-
And sound of a local DJ
Just a kid from a northern town
In a country, so far away
Oh Mississippi, running through my veins
Oh Mississippi, never the same, never the same again.
Jump a train from Chicago, trace it back
With the neck of a bottle, and the groove of the tracks
Spend your life running, that Angels sweet sound
Chasing the ghosts, of a faraway town
Oh Mississippi
And as your nights close to the beat of the dream-
And sound of a local DJ
Just a kid from a northern town
In a country, country, so far away
Oh Mississippi, running through my veins
Oh Mississippi, never the same, never the same again.