Blind man on an old upright piano
Lady in red on a banjolin
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
And getting slower with each gin
I'll catch a ride on a steamboat baby
Make it home with time to kill
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
I know that the Tennessee will
Well, I never did believe in Memphis
It really never was the end of the line, yeah
So I'm going back home to Alabama, mm yeah
Oh, where my heart's been all the time
And I know it shouldn't be easy
But it's hard for me to say goodbye baby, so I'll
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
And make it home with time to kill
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
I know that the Tennessee will
Oh oh
And I know it shouldn't be easy
But it's hard for me to say goodbye oh, baby, so I'll
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
And make it home with time to kill
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
I know that the Tennessee will
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Take me home with time to kill
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
I know that the Tennessee will
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Oh now, carry me home to my baby
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Ohhh, take a ride, yeah
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Oh baby now, I can get right home to you baby
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Take me home, take me back to my baby
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Carry me home, carry me home to my baby
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
I wanna go home to my baby, I wanna go home to my baby
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
Oh yeah, carry me home to my baby