Every step of the way
We walk the line
Your days are numbered
So are mine
Time is piling up
We struggle and we scrape
We're all boxed in
Nowhere to escape
City's just a jungle
More games to play
I'm trapped in the heart of it
Trying to get away
I was raised in the country
Been working in the town
I been in trouble since I
Set my suitcase down
I ain't got nothing for you
I had nothing before
Don't even do anything
For myself anymore
Sky's full of fire
Rain pouring down
There's nothing you can sell me
So I'll see you around
All my powers of expression
And thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
In reason or rhyme
Well there's only one thing I did wrong
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
The devil's in the alley, mule kicking in the stall
Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all
I was thinking about the things that you said
I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees
Well so many things we never will undo
I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too
Some people'll offer you their hand and some won't