Mouth of the Mississippi

Aw the river

I think I was 12, no wait

I must have been 18

Me and my father had us a time

And then we had us a hurricane or two

I don't remember

But that's when I knew

It was right then that I knew

That something would be missing

If I wasn't kissing

The mouth of the Mississippi

And in the setting sun see her passing ships

Catfish got her tongue and her shores like her lips

In the moonlight

Shining on the water see her pearly whites

Hear her sound of laughter

Hear her call

Hear her call me home

Hear her call

Hear her call me home

By the river

The time rolls by

We stayed later than we planned

I couldn't take my eyes off the ferry that rides

To the other side and comes back again

That's when I knew to my soul

I knew right down to my soul

That something would be missing

If I wasn't kissing

The mouth of the Mississippi

Hear her call

Hear her call me home

Hear her call

Hear her call me home

Hear the deeper truth that's spoken

Spoken to the ocean by the mouth of the Mississippi