I'm standing in the shadows with an aching heart 
 I'm looking at the world tear itself apart 
 Minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days 
 I'm still loving you in a million ways 
 
 Well, the devil's in the alley, there's a mule kicking in my stall 
 Say anything you wanna I have heard it all 
 I was raised in the country, I been working in town 
 I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down 
 
 Well, I ain't got nothing for you I had nothing before 
 Don't even have anything for myself anymore 
 The sky's full of fire, pain is pouring down 
 There's nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around 
 
 Well, I got here following the southern star 
 I crossed that river just to be where you are 
 There's only one thing I did wrong 
 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long 
 
 Well, I been loving you too long, I know you ain't no good 
 It don't make a bit of difference to me, don't see why it should 
 I was thinking about the things that Rosie said 
 I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed 
 
 Well, I'm walking through the leaves falling from the trees 
 I feel like a stranger nobody sees 
 So many things we never will undo 
 I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too 
 
 Some people will offer you their hand and some won't 
 Last night I knew you, tonight I don't 
 I need something strong to distract my mind 
 I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind 
 
 Well, everybody's moving God knows where 
 But I'm still here and you're still there 
 Only one thing I did wrong 
 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long 
 
 Well, my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast 
 I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past 
 But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free 
 I got nothing but affection for those who have sailed with me 
 
 Winter goes into summer, summer goes into fall 
 I look into the mirror, don't see anything at all 
 Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow 
 Things should start to get interesting right about now 
 
 My clothes are wet, tight on my skin 
 Not as tight as the corner that I've painted myself in 
 I know that fortune is waiting to be kind 
 So give me your hand and say you'll be mine 
 
 The emptiness is endless, cold as the clay 
 You can always come back but you can't come back all the way 
 Only one thing that I did wrong 
 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long