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Aw the river |
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I think I was 12, no wait |
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I must have been 18 |
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Me and my father had us a time |
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And then we had us a hurricane or two |
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I don't remember |
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But that's when I knew |
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It was right then that I knew |
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That something would be missing |
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If I wasn't kissing |
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The mouth of the Mississippi |
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And in the setting sun see her passing ships |
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Catfish got her tongue and her shores like her lips |
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In the moonlight |
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Shining on the water see her pearly whites |
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Hear her sound of laughter |
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Hear her call |
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Hear her call me home |
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Hear her call |
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Hear her call me home |
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By the river |
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The time rolls by |
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We stayed later than we planned |
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I couldn't take my eyes off the ferry that rides |
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To the other side and comes back again |
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That's when I knew to my soul |
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I knew right down to my soul |
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That something would be missing |
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If I wasn't kissing |
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The mouth of the Mississippi |
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Hear her call |
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Hear her call me home |
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Hear her call |
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Hear her call me home |
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Hear the deeper truth that's spoken |
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Spoken to the ocean by the mouth of the Mississippi |