In the morning
It takes me quite a while to clear my head
And as the day moves on
I find it hard to smile at something said

So I took control
Priority number one, and that's me
Then I cut the dragon's head off
And put away my gun, so let it be, so let it be, yeah

I'm dying prematurely
I'm wasting my life for sure
I'm trying to kill what's happening to me
A ghost along the Mississippi

Never thought before
A life could be so strange, yeah
And I guess my one a day
Became ten or twelve or more, and more and more and more

But I've got a gift
It's something called my friends or love
With them and I combined, I'll beat an early end
It's been done before, it's been done before

No time of passing away
Of losing just one more day
I'm vying to kill what's wrong with me, yes, I am, yeah
A ghost along the Mississippi

Can't happen to me, can't happen to me
Won't do it to me, won't do it to me
Can't happen to me, can't happen to me
Won't do it to me, no, won't do it to me, no, no, no

Can't happen to me, can't happen to me
Won't do it to me, won't do it to me
Can't happen to me, can't happen to me
Won't do it to me, won't do it to me, won't do it to me, no, no
Let's go

Destroying what's got hold of me, yeah, yeah
No more the ghost of Mississippi, yeah