[Verse 1] Ain't that water lucky, lucky all the day All that motion, creep to ocean, everything is way Mississippi you know me, I'm one of your Southern sons I know one day wager, which way we run [Verse 2] Do you know me water, I see you in my dreams Tell me muddy water, are you lonely like me If you take me under, I'll let go of my earthly charms Will you be revealing, when I'm sleeping in your arms [Verse 3] Water I hear you talking, and your boges and your tugs You got no lungs, blood, you just shrimp and crab in piping mud But your show boat on the whaling And like me they'll soon be gone Ah but ain't you careless water You just keep driving home [Verse 4] Now ain't you funny water, this land you done divide Now who's the poor relation, living on the other side Ain't you funny water, funny how you flow Save a soul Sunday morning, drown them when the sun go low Save a soul Sunday morning, drown them when the sun go low Go low