I can hear Mississippi
Crystal clear
Lone black dog
Guiding me home
the words we don’t know
the words we don’t talk
Put your head on my shoulder
Shirt touching the dirt
Motherwort stirs
Thinly I purr
I’m hard at work
It’s hard to learn
I’m barely burning
I can hear Mississippi
Coyotes turn
Just like a chapter in our book
Just like the things we had to learn
Just like the things we
Don’t talk put your head on my shoulder