Marcy Brothers - By The Dawn's Early Light lyrics

Well, I'm lying here thinking that I ought to be leaving

Cos it's more than halfway right

I'm wondering if I ought to wake you up and explain

Or leave quietly in the night

Well, the latter sounds better, so I pack up my feather

And I lean down and kiss you one time

I'm gonna miss you, but I'll be in Mississippi

By the dawn's early light

Hey, by the dawn's early light I'll be in Mississippi

Then you won't have to worry about it

And I'll be one more loner on the road of life

With his thumb out one more time

Aw, I hate to be going but I gave you fair warning

That I wasn't fit to be tied

I'm gonna miss you but I'll be in Mississippi

By the dawn's early light

Well, you're lying there sleeping like a soft warm baby

And I want to touch your skin

But I know darn well if I crawl back in bed

You'll be changing my mind again

So while your eyes are all closed and your heart don't know

I'll be doing what I think is right

I'm gonna miss you but I'll be in Mississippi

By the dawn's early light

(Paul Overstreet, Even Stevens; Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc (BMI))