Me and Billy boy and old lady Jane We hitched a ride, took a fast movin' train
Got to the top with our heads spinnin' round
You never know just what you got until you're comin' back
* Down on the farmland Mississippi shade
The folks down there they told me take it day by day
** And walk the last mile Before I sleep It'll be a while Before I get my peace
With the same style I walked for years On the last mile I can rest my fears
I got a long way to go before I reach the light of day
Monkey's on my back I gotta find a better way
Same old story never get just what you want
The more you got the more you want Sometimes you do and then you don't
Don't know where I'm going But I know where I've been
Look around me everybody's trying to win
The last mile
The last mile