Steve Earle Mississippi It's Time song lyrics

Come on, Mississippi

Mississippi, don't you reckon it's time

That the flag came down, cause the world turned round

And we can't move ahead if we're lookin' behind

Wanna know if you're with me, cause I come from a long long line

Of a rebel strain but the wind has changed

Mississippi, don't you reckon it's time

Look away, Mississippi

Mississippi, you're on my mind

All the crosses burned and the lessons unlearned

Left a scar across my heart and it's ten miles wide

Sick of sloggin' through the history of this wounded land of mine

Still payin' the cost cause the war was lost

Mississippi, don't you reckon it's time

I wish I was in a land that never held a soul in bondage ever

Wouldn't have to drag these chains behind

Mississippi, it's time

What the hell, Mississippi

Mississippi, you're out of your mind

Mississippi goddamned, even Alabam'

South Carolina came across the line

Dixieland will never miss me but I whistle that tune sometimes

And I'll sing it loud when the flag comes down

Mississippi, don't you reckon it's time

Look away

Look away

Look away Dixieland