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Mississippi River Burning Down​(​Down to the Well)

from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed by Kevin Gordon

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Mississippi River Burning Down (Down to the Well draft version)

(Kevin Gordon/Colin Linden)

Mud-covered dogs guarding shotgun shacks

A red door on a green Cadillac

Hot wind blowing smoke through graveyard streets
A face I recognize looking right through me

Mississippi river burning down
I'm blinded by the smoke
Mule driver don't let me drown
Save me before I choke

You must’ve played that dive twenty some-odd years
Took a couple thousand shots just to kill your fear

I remember the night you broke down to the core

Threw that black Stratocaster through a plate-glass door

Mississippi river burning down
I'm blinded by the smoke
Mule driver don't let me drown
Save me before I choke

See that woman in the corner, brother, she knows
Every inch of my body, every mile of my soul

We used to shake ‘em on down til the blazin’ day
What’s she doin' here tonight watching me that way

Mississippi river burning down
I'm blinded by the smoke
Mule driver don't let me drown
Save me before I choke

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from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed, released August 6, 2020

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Kevin Gordon Nashville, Tennessee

Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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