To Baton Rouge This Morning

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In just a few minutes, I’m on the way to the Books-A-Million in Baton Rouge for a signing. I hope I’ll make some contacts for programs, as the money an author makes from royalties of signings is not worth the gas expense. Likely I’ll spend the dark morning drive listening to music as I don’t have any more books on CD. Last driving trip, I listened to Son Volt and Jerry Jeff Walker. Today, who knows? One of the songs on the Walker CD was this one, which I intend to learn for one of my shows.  I found the lyrics here: http://members.vpchat.com/SouthernComfort-/MissOnMyMind.html

Mississippi, You’re On My Mind

I think I see a wagon rutted road
With the weeds growing tall between the tracks
And along one side runs a rusty barbed wire fence
And beyond that sits an old tar paper shack

Mississippi you’re on my mind
Mississippi you’re on my mind
Oh, Mississippi you’re on my mind

I think I hear a noisy old John Deere
In a field specked with dirty cotton lint
And below the field runs a little shady creek
And there you’ll find the cool green leaves of mint

Mississippi you’re on my mind
Mississippi you’re on my mind
Oh, Mississippi you’re on my mind

I think I smell the honeysuckle vine
The heavy sweetness like to make me sick
And the dogs, my God, they’re hungry all the time
And the snakes are sleeping where the weeds are thick

Mississippi you’re on my mind
Mississippi you’re on my mind
Oh, Mississippi you’re on my mind

I think I feel an angry oven heat
The Southern Sun just blazes in the sky
In the dusty weeds an old fat grasshopper jumps
I want to make it to that creek before I fry

Mississippi you’re on my mind
Mississippi you’re on my mind
Oh, Mississippi you’re on my mind

Yesterday was packed solid with writing work–phone calls, emails, etc.  I did set up several new book signing sites.  My calendar is really filling in. Most of the future signings I set up yesterday are in Texas. I also added some schools to my calendar, Lufkin and Waskom. For my complete calendar and information on my school programs, go to rickeypittman.com.