Joseph Arthur – I Am The Mississippi (Guitar)

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Along the edge of the Mississippi

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A thousand hearts bleed

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My heart looking for something to execute

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In the Mississippi

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Up against its current

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My heart so alive

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Submerged in the airless dark

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Who could hold me here

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Who could hold me down

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Sitting on the edge, of the Mississippi

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Rivers of slaves

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Rivers of bones

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I have been down here

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Across generations

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A lifetime ago

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I was sold amongst thieves

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I don't ignore the cries, I hear them

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I am conscious along the Mississippi

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I hear the footsteps of ghosts

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I hear them scream behind me

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I see their boats sink

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But I am very alive

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She draws me to her breath

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She whispers with her voice

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Her comfort all I want or need

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Alone on a Saturday night

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Me, and the Mississippi

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Two rivers flowing together

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Flowing eternal

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A river of darkness

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A river of light, blend as one

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Together against the impossible

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Ends we face

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Our lunatic charm

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She can never claim me, nor I her

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We flow together eternal

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We flow together as one

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And I am the Mississippi