Been away a year today To wander and roam I don't care it's muddy there But this is my home Got my toes turned Dixie way 'Round the delta let me lay Dixie moonlight Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home

Well, it's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise Don't go around tonight I see the bad moon a rising I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin' I see bad times today I hear hurricanes a blowing I know the end is coming soon

The math ahead It's moon water The math behind it The math behind Remomrize numb And half the hum For moon water I'd hide Berlin

Well it's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise Well don't go around tonight I see the bad moon arising I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin' I see those bad times today Don't go around tonight I hear hurricanes a

Only love is all maroon Gluey feathers on a flume Sky is womb and she's the moon I am my mother's only one It's enough I wear my garment so it shows Now you know I am my mother on the wall, with us all I move in water, shore to shore;

In the morning 'Tis the morning of my life It is the morning of my life In the morning when the moon is at it's rest you will see me at the time I love the best watching rainbows play on sunlight pools of water iced from cold night, in the morning In the