In the mornin' it takes me quite a while to clear my head And as the day moves on I find it hard to smile at somethin' said So I took control priority number one and that's me That cut the dragons head off and put away my gun So let it be, so let it be I'm dyin' prematurely, I'm wastin' my life for sure I'm tryin' to kill what's happenin' to me A ghost along the Mississippi Never thought before a life could be so strange, yeah And I guess by one a day became ten or twelve more And more and more and more But I've got a gift it's somethin' called my friends or love With them and I combined I'll beat an early end It's been done before, it's been done before Nothin' of passin' away or losin' just one more day I'm tryin' to kill what's wrong with me, yes I'm A ghost along the Mississippi Can't happen to me, can't happen to me Won't do it to me, won't do it to me no Can't happen to me, can't happen to me Won't do it to me no, won't do it to me, no, no Can't happen to me, can't happen to me Won't do it to me, won't do it to me no Can't happen to me, can't happen to me Won't do it to me, won't do it to me Won't do it to me, no no Lets go Destroying whats got hold to me, yeah yeah No more no ghost no Mississippi, yeah