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Kelly was a blackjack dealer
Living on the Gulf of Mexico
Kelly had a taste for guns and pills
He was looking for a mark to roll
Sara was a Kappa from Tulane
She was looking for a little change of pace
When a cop pulled them over on the interstate
Kelly blew that car away
(I heard them singing)
Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a southern thing
Now when they held up a bank in Mobile
They finally made it on the evening news
She's a Georgia Peach never within reach
He's a felon from Baton Rouge
I heard Robert Johnson playing on a steel guitar
In the heat of the Delta sun
When Kelly drove them back up to Memphis
To finish what the King had once begun
(Come on and sing it now)
Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River rolling over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you donít understand
It's a southern thing
If we ever get out of here
I want you to promise me
You'll go down to the Gulf
And swim
Deep in the sea
And you'll think of me
The way you used to sing
That silly song to me
Singing
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer
Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a southern thing
A southern thing
Living on the Gulf of Mexico
Kelly had a taste for guns and pills
He was looking for a mark to roll
She was looking for a little change of pace
When a cop pulled them over on the interstate
Kelly blew that car away
(I heard them singing)
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a southern thing
They finally made it on the evening news
She's a Georgia Peach never within reach
He's a felon from Baton Rouge
I heard Robert Johnson playing on a steel guitar
In the heat of the Delta sun
When Kelly drove them back up to Memphis
To finish what the King had once begun
(Come on and sing it now)
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River rolling over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you donít understand
It's a southern thing
I want you to promise me
You'll go down to the Gulf
And swim
Deep in the sea
And you'll think of me
The way you used to sing
That silly song to me
Singing
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a southern thing
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Whaaat does "M-I-Crooked letter-Crooker letter-Humpback-Humback" spell/mean?? I was thinking M-I-S-S (issippi).. but then the humpback threw me off.. any one know?
chasing cars- the humpbacks are the p's...its spelling Mississippi. That just comes from a little ditty that we sing in the south about the Mississippi River. Crooked letter is for the s and the the humpback is for the p. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
chasing cars- the humpbacks are the p's...its spelling Mississippi. That just comes from a little ditty that we sing in the south about the Mississippi River. Crooked letter is for the s and the the humpback is for the p. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
chasing cars- the humpbacks are the p's...its spelling Mississippi. That just comes from a little ditty that we sing in the south about the Mississippi River. Crooked letter is for the s and the the humpback is for the p. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
chasing cars- the humpbacks are the p's...its spelling Mississippi. That just comes from a little ditty that we sing in the south about the Mississippi River. Crooked letter is for the s and the the humpback is for the p. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
holy sh!t, what a great song. the chorus blows me away everytime.
Awesome song.
That's how I learned to spell Mississippi-- "M-I- crooked letter-crooked letter- I- crooked letter- crooked letter- I- humpback- humpback- I" It's just a way to say "p".
And what does "he was looking for a mock to roll" mean? And what did the king once begin? I know the king means Elvis buts thats all I know.
Thanks. :)
grace...it is "he was looking for a mark to roll" i.e. target
This song seems to be written as the Bonnie and Clyde of Louisiana. Kelly was already the criminal type lookin for trouble. Sara was looking for a change of pace from college life so she joins him. They travel around doing whatever they feel like doing until they get caught. Kelly tells Sara if "we ever get outta here, i want you to promise me you'll down to the gulf and swim deep in the see and you'll think of me." He basically tells her to go back to where it began and remember him and all that they used to do, even sing the "Mississippi" song they sang together.
I agree with chaotic mess completely but I want to add that the part about "pretty mama come and take me by the hand" refers to an old Doobie Brothers song called blackwater where it talks about the mississippi river and expressedly "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, Pretty momma come and take me by the hand, by the hand, take me by the hand" I'm from Alabama, and I don't know if this song is well known around the US, but well known in the south. What can I say, It's a southern thing.