Mississippi - Jamie Lenman

(Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

If the women don’t get ya, the whiskey must)

When I rest my eyes, I see all these ghosts

The more I try to push them back, the more they crowd close

All those hurts I’ve caused, all those hurts I’ve known

But worst of all, the chances offered and chances blown

I can’t let go

Of all the fuckers that have done me wrong

Gonna get 'em back before long

I can’t let go

Of all the damage that I did my bro

Didn’t mean to treat him so

I can’t let go

Of all the people I will never be

Barriers in front of me

I can’t let go

Of all the things I wish I never did

Even back when I was just a kid

I can’t let go

When I lost my pa, when that moment come

I lumped those thoughts with all the rest in my cranium

I still feel that beat, I still hear those drums

And they thump on and on and on, ever closer

I can’t let go

Of how he looked when he got so thin

It seemed like I could see through him

I can’t let go

Of how I felt when I heard that breath

The second that I first saw death

I can’t let go

Of how another had to close his eyes

Jesus, I was paralyzed

I can’t let go

Of who he was and what he left behind

It’s always in the back of my mind

I can’t let go

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What’s wrong?

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