I've been thinkin' about the river
And my years there on the other side
It's gotten me wishin' I hadn't come back home
'Cause the pieces just don't fall in line.This town's a stranger and it's left me far behind.Mississippi rain, you keep falling down
And the river gets wider each day
I'll be moving on, I can't stay around
And I can't go back to yesterday.The river's much too wide
The river's much too wide.I left home, started travelin'
I became a southern wind
And now no longer do I belong here
I can never be a part of it again.This town's a stranger and it's left me far behind.Mississippi rain, you keep falling down
And the river gets wider each day
I'll be moving on, I can't stay around
And I cannot go back to yesterday.The river's much too wide
The river's much too wide.Rain, you keep fallin'
Rain, you keep fallin'
Rain, you keep fallin'
The river's much too wide.