by hesgone95 » Thu May 04, 2006 2:18 pm
This is the first song I ever wrote, a long time ago, but still one of my favorites to play... a li'l hillbilly love song as it were. Or maybe just plain white trash redneck.
Mississippi Smith
Mississippi Smith with his ball and chain
or so he calls her for the nightly game
If it weren't for you, then I'd be free
so come on over take a lesson from me
If you've got anything to say
I'll kick you in the teeth, knock you in the head
Maybe you'll finally be quiet instead
Well he was holdin' her down all thru the night
you could hear that woman jus' a-cryin' with fright
all the way to Abilene and back again
Mississipi he says with a grin,
"shut your mouth woman close your trap,
don't you ever mistake me for meek,
'cos I'll slap you down every time you speak"
Now here I come on up the street
to see Josephine my woman so sweet
You know I love her so, love her all thru the night
with a woman like that you know it's gotta be right
She can dance to the midnight flame
all night long you know she's callin' my name
Says I'm her sweet lovin' backdoor man
Here I come on up the house
tryin to be just as quiet as a mouse
But when I hear it goin' down again
says to myself won't let ol' Mississippi win
I busts in, breakin' down the door
"Hey Mississippi I've had it this time,
gonna learn ya how to walk the line"
Mississippi standin' there quite surprised
a look of confusion dawin' in his eyes
"What the hell", he says, " is all this jive?"
just as I reach for my forty-five
Right then and there he get's down on his knees
Prayin' and a-weepin' and beggin'me please
"Say there boy won't you spare my skin?"
You know I couldn't help but laugh at the old son of a bitch
you shoulda seen just how much he twitched
When I lifted that gun, put it to his head,
pulled the trigger and I shot his ass dead
As he fell Josephine says to me,
"Baby I'm glad that we've finally seen
the end of Mississippi Smith and me
"But now it's time we've got to hit the road
before the sherriff comes with the warrant that's owed
You and me babe we're gonna go far,
on down to Mexico in a railway car
Find a little place out on the beach
where the sun always shines and we're always free
Livin' so far away from Mississippi"
Goin' home, goin' home
By the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul