Johnny Cash - Mississippi sand

^E I was born down in the bottoms of the ^Bflat black Delta land I grew up picking cotton in the ^AMississippi ^Esand My mama said son take that girl and ^Ago make her your wife Or you'll be ^Bstuck here in this mud all of your ^Elife

Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall way this ^Bsecret that I ^Ehold Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall away will it ^Bcleanse my aching ^Esoul But a ^Aman's got to make it ^Esometime a ^Bman's got to take a ^Estand Or he'll get left in the ^BMississippi ^Esand

^E A stranger came to town with two torn ^Bshoes upon his feet Singing songs of sadness picking ^Agirls off of the ^Estreet He made a little bit of music was a ^Aleader of a band And they ^Bcall him the muddy Mississippi ^Eband

^E My girl was Ruby Colter ^Band she was on her teens I took her out to churches to ^Asocials schools and ^Ethings She was a rose just right for picking and ^Ahe nipped her in the bud And he ^Bleft her here in the Mississippi ^Emud

Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall way this ^Bsecret that I ^Ehold Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall away will it ^Bcleanse my aching ^Esoul But a ^Aman's got to make it ^Esometime a ^Bman's got to take a ^Estand Or he'll get left in the ^BMississippi ^Esand

^E Then me and old Carl we caught him ^Bright down by the store We choked him just a little bit and ^Aheld him to the ^Efloor We relived him of his pocketbook, his ^Ablood and other things Now the ^BMississippi man's no longer ^Emean

Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall way this ^Bsecret that I ^Ehold Will the ^Awater roll it ^Eall away will it ^Bcleanse my aching ^Esoul But a ^Aman's got to make it ^Esometime a ^Bman's got to take a ^Estand Or he'll get left in the ^BMississippi ^Esand