I went 49, don't go slow Ain't no place, stop and say hello Left but ahead, no closer to the home Ask for and drop, coming through the floorboard Mississippi roadhouse where I begin Play my music for a bunch of college kids Said they liked it, wanna be my friends Why does that other man want me dead? Been out John Doe and abused Singing for my supper, what's it to you? Driving other people through my city Early in the midnight, in the driving race Mississippi roadhouse where I begin Play my music for a bunch of college kids Said they liked it, wanna be friends Why do that other men want me dead? Mississippi roadhouse where I begin Play my music for a bunch of college kids Said they liked it, wanna be friends Why do that other men want me dead? I got enough, went back home Women and the tax man never leave me alone Too many cherries, wanna be fed Turn around and around like the devil's in my head Mississippi roadhouse where I begin Play my music for a bunch of college kids Said they liked me, wanna be my friends Why do that other man want me dead?