As the moon goes fading   He lies awake waiting   For a break in the night   When he makes, he's lonely flight   And it's the same old story   Somebody bound for glory   And somewhere in my life   I swear it had to belong      I've been countin' the stars   As they come on through the bars   And I've been heard singing   A sad man's song   It's time for busting out of this jail   Get me a gun   No time for bail   'Cause I've been here too many nights too long      And now I wonder if   They'll find me tonight   I've been sleepin' in the day   Runnin' below the pale moonlight      Hidin' in a canebrake   From a man I can't seem to shake   And in my head   I'm hearing a southern song   Mississippi roll on in my brain   Keep me sheltered   In the summer rain   'Cause I could never stay here too many nights too long      Escondido en un canaveral   De un hombre que no puedo ver   Y el hombre, escondido   De donde sera   Mississippi roll on in my brain   Keep me sheltered   In the summer rain   I could never stay here too many nights too long   I could never stay here too many nights too long