[Intro]
[Verse 1]
All my life I'd never been a lucky man
Saw the back of my daddy's hand
Lost your momma to the promised land
[Verse 2]
In my time I ain't never had a thing that's mine
Till they handed me a baby fine
My little girl
[Bridge 1]
There're only two things I know
I get ugly when the whiskey flows
Wanted you to know I love you so
And I would kill before I let you go
[Chorus]
Taking off for Mississippi
Wearing someone else's name
Brought you in this world and I
can take you from it just the same
If you leave for Mississippi
I will beat you at your game
Brought you in this world and I
can take you from it just the same
[Break]
[Verse 3]
My dear one
Heard your whispering your plans to run
Off to marry some rich man's son
I bet he's never met a poor man's gun
[Bridge 2]
In the darkness you could not see
The drunken devil instructed me
Two bullets in a crimson sea
Now I'm certain that you'll never be
[Chorus]
Taking off for Mississippi
Wearing someone else's name
Brought you in this world and I
can take you from it just the same
If you leave for Mississippi
I will beat you at your game
Brought you in this world and I
can take you from it just the same
[Break]
[Verse 4]
Grief and sin
When the righteousness of you sets in
And the blood in my veins begins
to ramble on
[Verse 5]
Now I know we can't
stand and judge the execution man
But we all have to make a trembling stand
before the sun
Maple tree
Can your branches carry me
Before the war, before the wine
Before I stole what wasn't mine
Can you bring my baby back to me