{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsongsofbob.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode25-GMJLXHEv","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"25. Mississippi with Laura Tenschert (Definitely Dylan)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6280e2cc-aa3b-41f7-84e0-b932a729a42b/5f372d66-bc75-49b4-b32c-6bada8f81c64/soe-apple-requirements.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast, where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.\nHenry finally welcomes the iconic Queen of Bob Dylan Podcasting, Laura Tenschert aka \"Definitely Dylan!\" In this episode Laura brings our first \"Love & Theft\" song to the podcast with, \"Mississippi\" for a lively and fun discussion!\n\n\nMississippi\nWritten by: Bob Dylan\n\nEvery step of the way we walk the line\n\nYour days are numbered, so are mine\n\nTime is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrape\n\nWe’re all boxed in, nowhere to escape\n\nCity’s just a jungle, more games to play\n\nTrapped in the heart of it, trying to get away\n\nI was raised in the country, I been workin’ in the town\n\nI been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down\n\nGot nothing for you, I had nothing before\n\nDon’t even have anything for myself anymore\n\nSky full of fire, pain pourin’ down\n\nNothing you can sell me, I’ll see you around\n\nAll my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime\n\nCould never do you justice in reason or rhyme\n\nOnly one thing I did wrong\n\nStayed in Mississippi a day too long\n\n\n\nWell, the devil’s in the alley, mule’s in the stall\n\nSay anything you wanna, I have heard it all\n\nI was thinkin’ about the things that Rosie said\n\nI was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie’s bed\n\nWalking through the leaves, falling from the trees\n\nFeeling like a stranger nobody sees\n\nSo many things that we never will undo\n\nI know you’re sorry, I’m sorry too\n\nSome people will offer you their hand and some won’t\n\nLast night I knew you, tonight I don’t\n\nI need somethin’ strong to distract my mind\n\nI’m gonna look at you ‘til my eyes go blind\n\nWell I got here following the southern star\n\nI crossed that river just to be where you are\n\nOnly one thing I did wrong\n\nStayed in Mississippi a day too long\n\n\n\nWell my ship’s been split to splinters and it’s sinking fast\n\nI’m drownin’ in the poison, got no future, got no past\n\nBut my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free\n\nI’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with me\n\nEverybody movin’ if they ain’t already there\n\nEverybody got to move somewhere\n\nStick with me baby, stick with me anyhow\n\nThings should start to get interesting right about now\n\nMy clothes are wet, tight on my skin\n\nNot as tight as the corner that I painted myself in\n\nI know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind\n\nSo give me your hand and say you’ll be mine\n\nWell, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay\n\nYou can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way\n\nOnly one thing I did wrong\n\nStayed in Mississippi a day too long\nCopyright © 1996 by Special Rider Music\n\nCheck out https://www.definitelydylan.com/ and Laura's Patreon, for more content! https://www.patreon.com/c/definitelydylan/posts"}