Lyrics:

Back in the lowlands, after many years away
Vines long and twisted cast a shadow on this space
Cracks in the foundation can't support the weight you face
I'm a stranger in a land, we don't have a place

Faces familiar, unwelcoming to most
I was a hostage, now float free like a ghost
I came to make amends with all the family I can find
But a foreign land is lonely, they don't like your kind

Was a long lost friend never knowing he was wrong
I walked off that land on the day I turned twenty-one
It's hard to keep your boots on underneath this blazing sun
Let the Mississippi River carry all your lost souls home

Made up my mind long before that day
Went north to Chester, there was no one to betray
Takes a child to choose a path and a man to stay away
But the Mississippi calls me every time I've strayed

Was a long lost friend never knowing he was wrong
I walked off that land on the day I turned twenty-one
It's hard to keep your boots on underneath this blazing sun
Let the Mississippi River carry all your lost souls home

Took up a trade so I could send some money home
Found a bed to share so I would never be alone
If I could know for certain I would be satisfied
The past could be forgotten and my hand will come untied

He was a long lost friend never knowing he was wrong
I walked off that land on the day I turned twenty-one
It's hard to keep your boots on underneath this blazing sun
Let the Mississippi River wash away the sins
Let the Mississippi River wash away the sins
[03:51.15]Let the Mississippi River wash away the sins
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[04:16.61]Let the Mississippi River carry all your lost souls home