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Composer: Jim Croce

Jim Croce - Mississippi Lady lyrics



Written by - Jim Croce
With just a sleeping bag and an old guitar
I left the band in New Orleans
I did some time with the bottle, some with the river queens
I never thought I would meet a girl
Who could turn my head around
Till I met that Mississippi Lady in sleepy Gulfport town, she was a

Chorus:
Mississippi Lady
My lovin' Gulfport gal
She taught me how to love
And she really loved me well
She took me up to heaven
Then she brought me down
That Mississippi Lady, Sweet Cordelia Brown

Hot July in Gulfport
And I was working in the bars
And she was working on the street
With the rest of the evening stars
She said, I never met a guy
Who could turn my head around
And that's really sayin' something
For Sweet Cordelia Brown

She was a

Chorus

Now I'm back in New York City
Playin' in a band
But my mind's on Mississippi
Is it hard to understand
I never thought I would meet a girl
Who could bring me that far down
Like the girl I met in Gulfport
Sweet Cordelia Brown

She was a

Chorus

That Mississippi Lady, Sweet Cordelia Brown
Songs list of album: Down the Highway (1975)
         Title Rating
01    I Got a Name lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Mississippi Lady lyrics   -
03   New York's Not My Home lyrics   -
04    Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love You/Searchin' lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   You Don't Mess Around With Jim lyrics   -
06   Ol' Man River lyrics   -
07    Which Way Are You Goin'? lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Bad, Bad Leroy Brown lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Walkin' Back to Georgia lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Box, No. 10 lyrics Add lyrics   -
11   Speedball Tucker lyrics   -
12   Alabama Rain lyrics   -
 

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