The Day The Mississippi Died

Letra de The Day The Mississippi Died

Way up on the Erie, they like their chops so fat I've seen the League of Women lick their fingers like a cat While out in California, they like their Soya beans I pretty much eat anything from soup to turnip greensI try to treat my neighbors like I like them to treat me Even when they got that dog and cut down that tree I hate that barking dog, miss that old oak every day I don't expect everyone to see the world my wayNow the truth is hard to swallow, it's hard to take But I do believe we've broken what we never knew could break I'm just so disappointed in me and you We can't even argue, so what else can we do?So fill 'em up once again, boys Fill 'em up and over the brim, boys There's whiskey, but the water's done run dry So we're drinking to the end of a long-long friend And the day the mighty Mississippi diedNow the other day, I saw a living picture torn from Hell Taken down in Kensington, a place you all know well I saw demons laughing, breaking people just for play I cried at the table, then I put my tears awayI dug my hands deep into the black Mother Earth Tried to raise my spirit up for what it's worth You laughed and said, "Aw, honey, now what did you expect?" Not these tears and nightmare years where madness goes uncheckedOh, fill 'em up once again, boys Fill 'em up and over the brim, boys There's whiskey, but the water's done run dry Oh, we're drinking to the end of a long-long friend And the day the mighty Mississippi died And the day the mighty Mississippi diedMy pony, he did stumble and sent me to the sky When the jury brought the verdict, it was the blue-tail fly I'm thinking that this melody has lasted long enough The subject's entertaining, but the rhymes are pretty roughSo fill 'em up once again, boys Fill 'em up and over the brim, boys There's whiskey, but the water's done run dry Oh, we're drinking to the end of a long-long friend And the day the mighty Mississippi died