Everybody knows Catfish got no scales Everybody knows That cotton comes in bales The Mississippi River Deep and muddy stream I just sit on the bank and fish while I dream whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa I can't pick no cotton I can't pick no corn It just keeps on raining And I just stay at home whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa I am so miserable I am so tired I watch that Mississippi river till the fishes swim by my life is so confused but I don't want to die I wanna go to heaven but I am afraid to fly whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa I know I know I know I never meant to do what I did