The Buffalo Skinners - Mississippi Moonlight lyrics

My cup is empty And the water's high The mighty river Is rough and wide I pa**ed the time Lord But I failed at love Big river send me To Lord above They stole from me My shining angel Her perfect body Down by the highway side Well I caught those rounders And I gave them Hell My price to pay They let the judge decide Mississippi moonlight On judgement day Louisiana chain gang My dues to pay Well I crossed my heart Lord And I prayed to die Now life stands still 'Neath the full moonlight Now Mama don't you cry Or go my bail My watch and chain Ma Are yours to keep You taught me good things I taught myself to fail And I'll love you still In my eternal sleep Ninety Nine years Down in The Baton Rouge Penn I'll work the dusty old highways From end to end Would I change it all To have my freedom My freedoms nothing Now my darlings gone Mississippi moonlight On judgement day Louisiana chain gang My dues to pay Well I crossed my heart Lord And I prayed to die Now life stands still 'Neath the full moonlight Mississippi moonlight On judgement day Louisiana chain gang My dues to pay Well I crossed my heart Lord And I prayed to die Now life stands still 'Neath the full moonlight