move into Memphis on a fast moving train Thumbin' down some trucker heading west in the fast lane But I'll never stop loving you, loving you Just as sure as that Mississippi
sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out at Kankakee And rolls along past houses, farms and fields Passin' trains that have
Memphis train she leaves real soon The Memphis train sound like she leaves real soon Got nothin' to guide me 'cept the color of the moon hangin' over Memphis Headed down where the Mississippi
wanted man I'm a wanted man in California I'm a wanted man in Buffalo I'm a wanted man in Kansas City I'm a wanted man in Ohio I'm a wanted man in Mississippi
Central Monday mornin' rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail Out on the southbound odyssey The train
be with me Bank robbers and killers Drunks and drug dealers Only crazy people Fall in love with me He came from Carolina On a West-bound freight train
train, conductor Please don't let that engineer start Hold that train, conductor Please don't let that engineer start Well, I wanna ride your train
of times Walked the cold streets of New York with two guitars and a tin cup just for dimes We spent one winter in Winnipeg a summer in the Mississippi
's nothing like this land of yours and mine There's nothing like this land yours and my land From the New York harbor to the Frisco Bay Up to Mississippi
Ridin' twenty miles on a midnight train Just to go fishin' in the pourin' rain Take along your baby just 'cause you're in love Fishin' and lovin', I can
We're talking Tupelo was about a fast train Headed toward the world like a mad hurricane When he finally hit the ground, he tore us all apart He was born
There's a campfire burning on the Mississippi River bank My old pickup speakers are cranking out alot of Hank That's the sheriff's daughter dancin' on
There's a campfire burning on the Mississippi River bank My old pickup speakers are cranking out a lot of Hank That's the Sheriff's daughter dancin' on
across Alabama And that hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham Right away I brought me a through train ticket Ridin' across Mississippi
me now You say you looked for the light in the words of St. Matthew Took heed of the call to come and congregate I got me a ticket for that gospel train
(george teren/don pfrimmer/tim buffert) I'm too far west of the mississippi And so far north there's a foot of snow How I wish you could be here with