Jimmy Ellis - Down In Mississippi lyrics

Talking I Re-mem-ber Down In Miss-is-sip-pi They'd Pick Cot-ton In The Sun And I'd Sing With The Black Folks When The Day Was Done Singing And I Dreamed E-ven Then That The World Would Be My Stage And Some Day My Shoes Would Shake loose That Miss-is-sip-pi Clay And We Moved On Up Ta Mem-phis Just Try-in Toooo Sur-vive I Cut A Rec-ord For My Ma-ma And Al-most Over - Night The Cor-on-al Signed Me Up I Was Liv-in Out My Dream My Ma-ma Was So Proud When Ya Called Me The King Down In Miss-is-sip-pi I'd Play My Guit-ar Sing My Rock'in Roll Songs And Dream I'd Be a Star I Went From Down In Mis-sis-sippi Ta Nash-ville Ten-nes-see But My Shoes Nev-er Shook Lose The Miss-is-sip-pi Clay Then One Day I Was No Long-er A Kid In a Cad-di-lac Just An Old Rock'in Roll-er Tired Of Com-in' Back I Was A Pris-o-ner Of My Fame And When My Ma-ma Died The Lord Seemed Ta Say Ta Me You Need Ta Change Your Life But I Was Much To Big To Just Turn My Back And Leave So I Changed The Way I Looked Now No One Knows Me Every - Body In The World Be-lieves The King Is Gone But I'm Down In Miss-is-sip-pi Oh It's Good Ta Be Back Home Down In Miss-is-sip-pi Not Far From Tup-a-lo Be-neath A Mag-nol-ia Tree At An Old Dus-ty Road Oh I Sing And Play My Gui-tar Sitt-in' In The Shade Oh My Blue Suade Shoes Are Home At Last In the Miss-is-sippi Clay SPOKEN You Know I Sure Do Miss You Fokes Un'till We Meet A-gain Ad-ios