Ive been thinkin about the river And my years there on the other side Its gotten me wishin I hadnt come back home Cause the pieces just dont fall in line This towns a stranger and its left me far behind Mississippi rain, you keep falling down And the river gets wider each day Ill be moving on, I cant stay around And I cant go back to yesterday The rivers much too wide The rivers much too wide I left home, started travelin I became a southern wind And now no longer do I belong here I can never be a part of it again This towns a stranger and its left me far behind Mississippi rain, you keep falling down And the river gets wider each day Ill be moving on, I cant stay around And I cannot go back to yesterday The rivers much too wide The rivers much too wide Rain, you keep fallin Rain, you keep fallin Rain, you keep fallin The rivers much too wide
river, wide, rain, wider, fallin