Mississippi Kid
Band/Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Song Title: Mississippi Kid
Album Title: Pronounced Leh?Nerd Skin?nerd (1973)
(Verse 1)
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I?ve got my pistols in my pockets boys,
I?m Alabama bound.
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I?ve got my pistols in my pockets boys, I?m
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I?m Alabama bound.
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Well, I?m not looking for no trouble
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But nobody dogs me ?round.
(Verse 2)
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Well, I?m going to fetch my woman, people
Tri-cities here I come.
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Well, I?m going to fetch my woman, people
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Tri-cities here I come
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?Cause she was raised up on that cornbread
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And I know that woman?ll gonna give me some.
(Verse 3)
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When the kid hits Alabama, people
Don?t you try and dog him ?round.
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Now when the kid hits Alabama, people
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Don?t you try and dog him ?round.
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?Cause if you people cause me trouble,
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Then I?ve got to put you in the ground.
(Verse 4)
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Well, I was born in Mississippi
And I don?t take any stuff from you
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Well, I was born in Mississippi
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And I don?t take any stuff from you
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And if I hit you on your head
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Boy, it?s got to make you black and blue.
(Verse 5)
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Well, I?m going to Alabama
Got my pistols out by my side
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Well, I ride to Alabama
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With my pistols out by my side
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?Cause down in Alabama
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You can run, but you sure can?t hide
(Outro chord)
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