don't leave me here

how the weather in the country?

how the weather down south?

how the weather in the delta?

how the food taste in your mouth?

butter beans and cornbread

grits and greens

candied yams and black eyed peas

if you're going to mississippi

where that delta sky is sweet and clear

ooh

y'all

i'm stuck here in chicago

please don't leave me here

when you see ludella

tell her hey for me

last time i saw her

it was in my dreams

she's the sweetest thing under the sun

when i think about some lovin'

she's still the one

now if you're going to mississippi

where that delta sky is sweet and clear

well you know

i'm stuck here in chicago

please don't leave me here

what they doin' in vicksburg down in aberdeen?

they got more fine big-legged women

than any one man ever seen

what they doin' in jackson and little old itta bena?

i ain't been to clarksdale since 1963

'cause if you're going to mississippi

where that delta sky is sweet and clear

y'all

i'm stuck here in chicago

please don't leave me here

how the weather in the delta?

sure cold up here

baby run off and left me late last year

it was just before christmas

deep

deep snow on the ground

came home later in the evening

she done tore my playhouse down

so if you're going to mississippi

where that delta sky is sweet and clear

ooh

y'all

i'm stuck here in chicago

please don't leave me here

don't leave

please don't leave me here

mmm

please don't leave

ooh

please don't leave me here

ooh

well i'll be

please don't leave me here

please don't leave me

please don't leave me here

please don't leave me

please don't leave me here

please don't leave