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Wasting away on the mighty Mississippi
E B
Hoping god forgives me for my sins
B
Well starlight stained steamboats,
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and a rich man clears his throat
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Took a sip of whiskey from his glass
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The piano plays softly and his daughter screamed, 'get off me'
E B
His wife she died a few years back
B
He drinks and drinks for days
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but the memories they stay
A E
And the tears they flow like alcohol
E
Well his daughter she loves me,
E
said she's always thinkin of me
E B
That's why I stand here on this boat today
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I watched a rich man clear his throat, But what that rich man doesn't know
A E
is that I'll take his life away
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Please forgive me god, For the things I've done
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I could hide my problems,
E B
I could run
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But it was I who held the gun, and I am the setting sun
A E
And I promise I will never, ever run
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I said, 'take me down where the lovers died.'
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Where those steamboats don't go,
A E
and that Mississippi flows all night
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Wastin' away where the lovers died
E
Wastin away on the mighty Mississippi
E B
Hoping god forgives me for my sins
B
Well It was I who held the gun
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and I am the setting sun
A E
And I promise I will never, ever run
Written by Buddy Lucas