LIGHTS OUT IN TUPELO
2005 Dan May and Steve PattiVERSE 1
Crossing Mississippi
Tossing my self-pity
Lost and found this life again
Did hard time in Jackson
Ten long years in passing
Making me a better manBut here they only see
What I used to beCHORUS
Lights out in Tupelo
Packed up away I go
Ive taken more than I can stand
Well drive down through Birmingham
South to Montgomery, man
Folks there, they call it Alabam
I call it the Promised LandVERSE 2
This country sure looks pretty
Far outside the city
So much like from where I came
Where they know my record
Know my past is checkered
Some things never seem to change
I dont care anyhow
It wont matter nowCHORUS
Lights out in Tupelo
Packed up away I go
Ive taken more than I can stand
Well drive down through Birmingham
South to Montgomery, man
Folks there, they call it Alabam
I call it the Promised LandBRIDGEWhere the catfish run
In the morning sun
And the songbirds all call out to me
Youre freeBut here, theyll never see
The man that I could beCHORUS
Lights out in Tupelo
Packed up away I go
Ive taken more than I can stand
Well drive down through Birmingham
South to Montgomery, man
Folks there, they call it Alabam
I call it the Promised Land