♪ Ooh,
all right, hey,
oh,
oh hey,
hey,
all right, hey, hey.
I'm going back down, back down to the dirt,
way back to the dirt
I'm tired of,
tired of all this city life
I wanna get back to my roots, hey
Back down to Mississippi
Just to feel the breeze running all across my face
Oh, it feels so nice to get away
I'll be back someday, up and down
I gotta go down south,
oh I'm going back to where I've been
I'm going back and
Free my mind and my soul
Free my soul,
back down to the dirt I'm going back to where I've been
I gotta go back,
way back down to Mississippi,
hey,
whoa
I never thought that I could fly I'm free as a bird
Nothing can come close to me I got to do this,
yeah
Come and take a ride with me Lay on the shore
And I'll take you where you wanna be,
baby Just to feel that breeze,
just to feel the
breeze
running across my face,
oh I,
oh I,
say that's the night,
new place,
I'm born again
Oh, oh,
I gotta go back,
yeah I'm going back to where I've been,
oh boy
Free my mind and my soul,
back down to the dirt,
way back to the dirt I'm going back to where I've been,
oh
I gotta go back, way back down to Mississippi,
hey,
whoa
Way back,
yeah,
back down south,
oh Back to the dirt,
yeah,
I wanna see my Uncle Charles,
oh
I wanna see my Grandma,
oh,
it feels so nice I know it will be a good day
I'm going back to where I've been,
oh I'm going back,
yeah
Free my mind and my soul,
back down to the dirt,
way back to the dirt I'm going back to where I've been,
oh I gotta go back,
way back down to Mississippi,
hey,
whoa
I wanna see my Uncle Charles,
yeah,
oh,
I'm gonna win the fish down,
by the way,
oh
Free my mind and my soul,
back down to the dirt,
I'm going back to where I've been,
I gotta go back,
way back down to Mississippi,
hey,
whoa