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I know ya' didn't want me mama when ya',
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lay down 'cross my bed
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I followed you through up to Duren Mississippi,
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sinotopia's where it led
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Found you in Tupelo workin' at a,
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Jimmy Jungle store
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You was sellin' pin up models and I was cuttin',
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two by fours
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Mama why won't ya,
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let me be your main man now
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Might as well let me love you,
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on your trail anyhow
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Back in Coldwater they said you had,
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come and gone
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I missed you in Hernando they said you,
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hadn't been gone long
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Say you took 51 highway,
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maybe Memphis bound
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I'll bet I find ya' in Arkansas or some,
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South Missouri town
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Mama why won't ya,
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let me be your main man now
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Might as well let me love you,
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on your trail anyhow
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I crossed the river at Kairo,
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to one more bad luck town
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I drove back through La Panto,
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Mochtree and further on down
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You might chance to see me,
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on the edge of your town
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I think about you mama when the,
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snow comes driftin' down
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Mama why won't ya,
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let me be your main man now
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Might as well let me love you,
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on your trail anyhow
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You come like the dust,
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you gone with the wind
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I'm gonna keep trailin' ya' 'till I,
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find you again
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I got to Levenhoe but ya',
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left your shotgun shack
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Your sister on Southsea Avenue says you,
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ain't never welcome back
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Mama why won't ya,
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let me be your main man now
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Might as well let me love you,
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on your trail anyhow
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Looked around Greenwood,
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took a while to find your house
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Strangers there said you had moved,
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little bit further South
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Hit the road again,
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steady on your trail
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It's a cold day in Mississippi but my,
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hearts a burnin' hell
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Mama why won't ya,
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let me be your main man now
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Might as well let me love you,
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on your trail anyhow
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Steady On Your Trail
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| Charlie Musselwhite |
