leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
Well those Delta towns wear satin gowns
Loretta Lynn guides my hands
Where would I be in times like these
Without the songs Loretta wrote?
You've still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio...listen to the radio
I left a handsome two- stepping good
Now, he's sittin' on the sofa,
he's lookin' for his supper,
Wonderin' what's be come of me
I've got a double- 0- eighteen Martin
guitar in the back seat of the car
And, I am leaving Mississippi...
You've still got the radio
You've still got the radio
The radio...listen to the radio
There's a moon across the border
I smell the Pontchartrain,
And then, away Merle Haggard flies
That good ole boy will find a band of gold
Hey, then my mama's gonna call and say,
He'll say, "Down the road with the
You've still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radi o
The radio...listen to the radi o