Born In Mississippi Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

I was born in Mississippi 

On the Gulf of Mexico 

And I could hear the Gators a roar at night 

Out on the old bayou 

I remember Spanish moss 

A hangin' from the cypress trees 

And the smell of honeysuckle 

On the Mississippi breeze 

Thank you Mississippi for lovin' me 

Thank you for givin' this country boy a place to dream 

Thank you for old cane pole, the fishin' hole 

The grits and black eyed peas 

Thank you Mississippi for lovin' me 

Then my family moved down to Texas 

When I was 12 years old 

I took my first chew of plug tobacco 

And got hooked on rodeo 

I rode my buckskin pony 

Where the old Red River flows 

And my Texas pride still makes me cry 

When I remember the Alamo 

Thank you Texas for loving me 

Thank you for the country road, the horny toads 

The Chile and pinto beans 

Thank you Texas for lovin' me 

Now I live up in Wyoming 

I love home out on the range 

But every now and then my mind goes roamin' 

Down those country roads through my boy hood days 

And after all these years I'd just like to say 

Thank you America for lovin' me 

Thank you for givin' this country boy a place to dream 

Thank you for the country roads, the folks I've known 

From sea to shinning sea 

Thank you America 

Thank you mom and dad for lovin' me