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Ah the River
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I think I was twelve
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No wait I must have been eighteen
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Me and my father we had us a time
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And had us a hurricane, or two
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I don't remember but that's when I knew
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It was right then that I knew
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That something would be missing
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If I wasn't kissing the mouth of the Mississippi
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And in the setting sun
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See a passing ship
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Catfish, got a tonne
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And her shore lick her lips in the moonlight
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Shinin' on water, see her pearly whites
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Hear her sound of laughter
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Hear her call
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Hear her calling me home
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Hear her calling
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Hear the mouth of the Mississippi
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She's calling me home
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By the river
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The time rolls by
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We stay later than we plan
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I couldn't take my eyes off the ferry that rides
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To the other side and comes back again
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That's when I knew my soul
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I knew right down to my soul
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The deeper truth had spoken
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Spoken to the ocean by the mouth of the Mississippi
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Hear her call
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Hear her calling me home
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Hear her calling
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Hear her calling me home
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I'm talkin' 'bout the M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-P-P-I
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Mouth Of The Mississippi
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| Michelle Shocked |
