Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
We get together every time we can
The Mississippi river can keep us apart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart

See the alligators, all awaitin' nearby
Soon or later they know I'm gonna try
When she waves from the bank, don't you know I know?
It's goodbye fishin' line, see you, 'while ago
With a Louisiana woman, waitin' on the other side
The Mississippi river, don't look so wide

Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
Well, I thought I'd been loved, but I never had
Till I was wrapped in the arms of a Mississippi man
When he holds me close it feels almost like another
Hurricane just ripped the coast
If he can't come to me, I'm gonna go to him
That Mississippi river, Lord, I'm gonna swim

Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
Well, Mississippi river, Lord it's one mile wide
And I gotta get me, to the other side
Mississippi man, I'm losin' my mind
Gotta have your loving one more time
I'm gonna jump in the river and here go

Too bad alligator, you swim too slow
Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart