Lyrics

I'm happy sitting here all alone
I don't need no company
And I'm aware nice girls don't drink on their own
Thank you sir, but please let me be

I really don't have the time
And I certainly don't have the inclination
I paid myself for this cheap old bottle of wine
And I don't need your salvation

'Cause the Mississippi's looking black tonight
It really don't seem right
That something so wise and old
Should feel so cold

You say you've seen this pain before
You say you see it in my eyes
But I really don't want to hear no more
I wish you'd just realize

That I've got other things on my mind
I've got a fire burning in my breast (I'm burning, I'm burning)
I don't need someone who thinks they're kindAnd
Just go now, I think it's best

'Cause the Mississippi's looking black tonight
It really don't seem right
That something so wise and old
Should feel so cold

Now I feel I'm going under
I feel I'm going down
And as you take my hand, I wonder
If the good Lord sent you around

'Cause the Mississippi's looking black tonight
It really don't seem right
That something so wise and old
Should feel so cold

And the Mississippi's looking black tonight
It really don't seem right
That something so wise and old
Should feel so cold