Key: C major
Verse 1
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Hey, Louisiana woman,
Mississippi man
The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
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Too much love in this Louisiana heart
See the alligator all the waiting nearby
And sooner or later they know
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we're gonna try
When she waved from the bank,
don't you know I know
It's goodbye fishing line
she knew a while ago
With a Louisiana woman
waiting on the other side
The Mississippi River don't look so wide
The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
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Too much love in this Mississippi heart
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Too much love in this Louisiana heart
Well, I thought I'd been in love,
but I never had
While I was wrapped in the arms
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of a Mississippi man
When he holds me close, it feels almost
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Like another hurricane just hit the coast
If he can't come to me,
how am I gonna go to him?
That Mississippi River, Lord,
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I'm gonna swim
The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
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Too much love in this Louisiana heart
Well, the Mississippi River,
Lord, is one mile wide
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I gotta get me to the other side
Mississippi man, about to lose my mind
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Gotta have your lovin' one more time
So I jump in the river and here I go
Too bad I'm a baby, swim too slow
The Mississippi River can't
keep us apart,
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sissippi Heart.
we can.
The Mississippi River can't keep us apart,
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Heart.
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You
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