When I was a boy I played on a bluff Spotted wide mighty river below And every time I looked up I'd see a big bridge Lookin down I'd see the steam boats
Being just a kid I was to scared to tell The things I sawfrom the bluff One foggy morning there be a big splash But nobody ever came up
[Chous] It's a mighty long ways from the top to the bottom Over river where the water runs cold So you'd better not jump from the Mississippi bridge Or you won't come back nomore Nomore! Or you won't come back anymore
When I was a boy no I didn't know Why woe(?) would come and go Of the top of that high windy tower of steel To the angry currents below
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Now when I'm a man I do understand This life is full of woe But each and everybody got a suffer to share No matter where they go