Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Moon

By Caitlin Morski

There’s a Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee Moon
Rising in the East.
It’s a quarter to eleven, got a few hours to go.
Man, oh man, I’m beat!
We’ve gotta make the other side of Memphis tonight
Before we close our eyes,
Then we’ll get up tomorrow, gonna do it again
As the sun is lighting the skies.

This trip has been great! We’ve seen lots of places,
Visited friends and made many more.
They gave us welcome with smiles and song
From the time they opened the door.
When we had to leave, we were never ready
But they gave us love to carry us through.
And in case we forgot, to all of you out there
We couldn’t have made it without you!

Now there’s a…

We like the back roads, they go through the small towns.
Remind us of home, they way they feel.
If you know where to look, there’s new things to discover
Whenever you turn the wheel!
But we need to make time. We’ve got gigs tomorrow.
If we’re gonna make it, we’ve gotta fly!
So here we are crossing Atchafalaya
On a super-slab in the sky,

And there’s a…

There’s a truck up ahead that we’ve passed three times.
I don’t know where he’s goin’, but we follow the same signs.
My family of gypsies is close to the road.
We can feel at home no matter where we go

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