ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI

I TRAVEL TO PLACES I LOVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL PLACES I GET TO SEE THEN THINKING OF HOME THOSE THOUGHTS CAN SCATTER IN MY HEART THE PLACETHAT WILL ALWAYS MATTER THERE'S AN OLD TRAIN TRACK BY AN OLD SAW MILL AND STEAMBOATS RIDE THE RIVER STILL MAGNOLIA TREES FROM LONG AGO ALONG THE LUSH GREEN BANKS STILL GROW BIRDS MIGRATE TO THE PATH THAT'S LAID EACH LONG DISTANCE SKY PARADE ABOVE ITS PEACEFUL MIGHTY, WINDING WAYS BY PASTURED HORSES AS THEY GRAZE DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD WHERE SOME HARDWOODS GROW IT CAN FILL MY HEART WHERE THE WATERS FLOW PAST FIELDS THE FEEL OF SACRED LAND FEEL THE RAIN OF HISTORY WHERE I STAND AN ILLUMINATING MOON CAN SHINE SO BRIGHT YOU SEE THE FLOW OF RIVER WAVES AT NIGHT BOATS ON THE WATER FIND THEIR WAY IN DARKNESS AND IN LIGHT OF DAY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS TO THE SOUND BUT ALONG THE WAY THE MUSIC'S FOUND EVERY KIND OF SONG AS IT ROLLS TO SEA I KEEP WITH ME FROM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI SEVEN MILES FROM THE GREENVILLE BRIDGE MUSCADINES GROW ALONG A RIDGE IT'S NOT TOO FAR TO A COUNTRY STORE WITH A WELCOME SIGN ON THE DOOR