Mississippi (Unreleased version #3, Time Out Of Mind)

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