Mississippi
Lyrics and music by Taylor Moore
I never thought I'd see the Mississippi
Then again, I never thought I'd see you
Bright lights and Southern stars shining empty
But oh babe, do I seem ‘em through
Streets at dusk, headlights streaming through Memphis
Dust on mirrors, still shimmering gold
And though we're just hours from the breaking
It's just exhaustion waiting for dawn
Hazel eyes don't cry so easy
Not as easy as before, as before
And if it was just St. Louis
What was it all for?
What was it all for?
And I never thought I'd see deep rivers ah' rising
‘Neath the warehouses, just cobbled and cold
Laid out beneath the jazz and the arches
But oh babe, do I see you now
I never thought you'd see the Mississippi
Then again, never thought, never thought I'd see you
Bright lights and Southern stars shining empty
But oh babe, do I see ‘em through
How did we forget that kiss?
And miles away, well it got so serious on us
And we had to regress
Before our shadows sharpened and we confessed
That our hearts aren't still bleeding
That they stopped in the summer, along with the feeling
Were you ever really weeping?
Were you ever really weeping?
Were you ever even weeping?
Hazel eyes don't cry so easy
Not as easy as before, as before
And if it was just St. Louis
What was it all for?
What was it all for?