They say God
Walked in the garden
Between the Tigris

And Euphrates
They say God
Walked in the garden

Between the tigris
And Euphrates
But we all know that Eden

Is down
In the delta south of memphis


Eve and Adam ate the apple
Stood there naked in the sun
Eve and Adam ate the apple

Stood there naked in the sun
But when God
Came looking for them

Oh, they knew
What they had done


Jesus is Lord of picayune
And Mississippi welcomes you
Jesus is Lord of picayune

And Mississippi welcomes you
Just remember
When you're passing thru

Everything started
With the blues
There's a place

That they call witchdance
Where not one
Blade of grass will grow

There's a place
That they call witchdance
Where not one

Blade of grass will grow
Something awful bad
Went down there

Or so the story goes

You can read

All about it
On a sign
By the side of the road

You can read
All about it
On a sign

By the side of the road
But sometimes the way
Things happened

Ain't the way
The story's told


Jesus is Lord of picayune
And mississippi welcomes you
Jesus is Lord of picayune

And Mississippi welcomes you
Just remember
When you're passing thru

Everything started
With the blues
He broke his nehi bottle

And laid it cross the strings
He broke his nehi bottle
And laid it cross the strings

Then he took that sears
And roebuck silvertone
And really made

That guitar sing

That's all right mama

Any way you do
That's all right now mama
Any ole way you do

We all feel it too
Cause everything started
With the blues