Gary Jeffries Mississippi Girl lyrics

Headed north eight months ago
Just to carve out my own way
Left the bare foot girl
Too proud to ask
Before she was to stay

This world has a way of calling
To a boy from the sapwood swamp
Didn't take much time to realize
Not much out there to want

If'n that delta girl
Would take me back into her arms
Is like asking lightening not strike
In a delta storm

Mississippi girl never off my mind
She's a find, she's a sucker, she's a one of a kind
Bayou boy's heading home to be alone
Girl taught me a lesson that I needed to learn
The way I miss her is a deep slow burn
Gotta get back to the world
Back to my Mississippi girl

She was born with grit in between her toes
Has a fire cracker spirit
And a mind that will wrap around you
With one swift kiss
Lips as full as a Cajun moon
Eyes are dark as a beetle June
Got a hold of my heart like a fever

Ain't letting go anytime soon

That delta will either break me in
or wear me out
She's worth the wear and tear, yeah
That's what I found<

Mississippi girl never off my mind
She's a find, she's a sucker, she's a one of a kind

Bayou boy's heading home to be alone
Girl taught me a lesson that I needed to learn
The way I miss her is a deep slow burn
Gotta get back to the world
Back to my Mississippi girl

Well I swear she used black magic
That a feller just can't take
Made me hurt inside
Like a part of my heart ache

Mississippi girl never off my mind
She's a find, she's a sucker, she's a one of a kind
Bayou boy's heading home to be alone
Girl taught me a lesson that I needed to learn
The way I miss her is a deep slow burn
Gotta get back to the world
Back to my Mississippi girl