Well I'm leavin' Mississippi nAnd I'm looking for higher groundnSaid 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnWell I ain't proud of the things I've donenSo I've got to change it nownI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnI got an 18 wheeler and a worn out dognAnd I ain't got nothing to say to the lawnI got 10 more miles and I'm hittin' that county linenAnd I ain't got no more worries on my mindnnWell I'm leavin' Mississippi nAnd I'm looking for higher groundnSaid 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnWell I ain't proud of the things I've donenSo I've got to change it nownI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnWell my worn out jeans didn't fit no morenHad long hair on my backnI guess that's not the best 'pearance nTo that judge in blacknnSo he picked up his pen and he put me away nFor a little stretch of timenI said 7 long months 39 days and never did a crimennI got an 18 wheeler and a worn out dognAnd I ain't got nothing to say to the lawnI got 10 more miles and I'm hittin' that county linenAnd I ain't got no more worries on my mindnnWell I'm leavin' mississippi nAnd I'm looking for higher groundnSaid 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnWell I ain't proud of the things I've donenSo I've got to change it nownI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnnI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways aroundnI said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around