A Southern Thing Lyrics

Lyric discussion by chasing_cars 

Cover art for A Southern Thing lyrics by Better Than Ezra

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