Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

Album: Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (1973)
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  • Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
    We get together every time we can
    The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart

    See the alligators all a waitin' nearby
    Sooner or later they know I'm gonna try
    When she waves from the bank don't you know I know
    It's goodbye fishin' line, see you while ago
    With a Louisiana woman waitin' on the other side
    The Mississippi River don't look so wide.

    Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
    We get together every time we can
    The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart

    Well, I thought I'd been loved but I never had
    'Til I was wrapped in the arms of a Mississippi man
    When he holds me close it feels almost
    Like another hurricane just ripped the coast
    If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him
    That Mississippi River Lord I'm gonna swim

    Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
    We get together every time we can
    The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart

    Well, Mississippi River, Lord, it's one mile wide
    And I'm gotta get me to the other side
    Mississippi man, I'm losin' my mind
    Gotta have your loving one more time
    I'm gonna jump in the river and here I go
    Too bad alligator you swim too slow

    Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
    We get together every time we can
    The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart

    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart

    Hey, ooh
    There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
    Too much love in this Louisiana heart Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Staff Sergent C. Mead from Manchester,nhI've always loved the way these two sang perfectly together.
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