Missouri

Might as well be on the ocean

A thousand miles from shore

I'd rather be drinking whiskey

Than to be at my lady's door

Standin' at the gate of the kingdom

Shoutin' to God, "Let me in"

If he don't answer, no one will

Guess I'll fall off the wagon again

Take me back to old Missouri

That's the place I found my used-to-be

Ain't it funny how two rivers meet?

One goes one way and the other leaves

Missouri

Got me a job down in Georgia

Workin' in the heat all day

Broke my bones

Built my home

Just to say it was something I made

Take me back to old Missouri

That's the place I found my used-to-be

Ain't it funny how two rivers meet?

One goes one way and the other leaves

Missouri