When I was born I was running As my feet hit the ground Before I could walk I was humming An old railroad sound Things didnв't get much better When by the age of five They found me walking into clarksdale Trying to keep my friends alive No time for celebration There was no known cure Seems I was born and raised In the wrong killing floor And my loved ones gathered round see If the experiment had worked I was misplacedout of time Priveleged and worse Ohmama please Donв't cry for me Tears to the river Tears to be free Now I see twelve white horses Walking in a line Moving east across the metal Bridge on highway 49 And standing in the shadows Of a burnt out motel The king of commerce mississippi waited With his hound from helloh A shiny noon riverboat taking Income from the poor Itв's floating by the levee in An artificial pool Thereв's a six mile tailback Back on junction 304 A stranger at the crossroads Believe Iв've seen his face before Oh Donв't cry for me Tears fill the river Tears to be free OhIв'm sad to be leaving The sun is going down and I really got to go now Iв'm sad to be leaving The sunв's going down and I really got to go now Really got to go now I gotta go Iв've got to move Iв've got to moveyeahah Iв'm sad to be leaving Sunв's going down and I really got to go now Iв'm sad to be leaving The sunв's going down and I really got to go nowoh hoo hoo hoo Iв'm sad to be leaving Sunв's going down and I really got to go now Iв'm sad to be leaving The sunв's going down and I really got to go now Really got to go nowyeah Ohgotta go nowyes Yesgotta go now Yeah