They say God Walked in the garden Between the Tigris And Euphrates They say God Walked in the garden Between the tigris And Euphrates But we all know that Eden Is down In the delta south of memphis Eve and Adam ate the apple Stood there naked in the sun Eve and Adam ate the apple Stood there naked in the sun But when God Came looking for them Oh, they knew What they had done Jesus is Lord of picayune And Mississippi welcomes you Jesus is Lord of picayune And Mississippi welcomes you Just remember When you're passing thru Everything started With the blues There's a place That they call witchdance Where not one Blade of grass will grow There's a place That they call witchdance Where not one Blade of grass will grow Something awful bad Went down there Or so the story goes You can read All about it On a sign By the side of the road You can read All about it On a sign By the side of the road But sometimes the way Things happened Ain't the way The story's told Jesus is Lord of picayune And mississippi welcomes you Jesus is Lord of picayune And Mississippi welcomes you Just remember When you're passing thru Everything started With the blues He broke his nehi bottle And laid it cross the strings He broke his nehi bottle And laid it cross the strings Then he took that sears And roebuck silvertone And really made That guitar sing That's all right mama Any way you do That's all right now mama Any ole way you do We all feel it too Cause everything started With the blues