Gentry Bronson - Along The Mississippi Lyrics

Grew up in a factory town with the water towers looking down
On the railroad tracks and broken backs that built it
The highways ran past paper mills and liquor bottles lined the windowsills
Where we all looked out at the dreams that we were chasing

All along the Mississippi
Along the Mississippi
Got high on the Mississippi
We made love on the Mississippi

My father worked as a prison guard
He worked long, he worked hard
Swallowing pride so that I could survive

All along the Mississippi
Along the Mississippi
Got high on the Mississippi
We made love on the Mississippi

Well the snow came late in the Fall
I was a long-haired boy with my back to the wall
With an old piano to keep for company
With an old piano to keep for company

All along the Mississippi
Along the Mississippi
We got high on the Mississippi
We made love on the Mississippi
Float down on the Mississippi
Drown on the Mississippi
We got high on the Mississippi
We made love on the Mississippi