Mississippi Lady

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
 'Til I met that Mississippi lady
 In sleepy Gulfport town, she was a
 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
 Mississippi Lady
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 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
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 That Mississippi lady
 Sweet Cordelia Brown
 That Mississippi lady
 Sweet Cordelia Brown