[Verse 1: Joe Newman]

January came and took my heart away

February felt the same

March, my hugs became hold ons

April, I huffed like porridge on the boil

Morning May, I'm downwind from your shampoo

Ichi, ni, san, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, jyuu

June, I learned to count to ten in Japanese

Dry July, like wiping skin from my skull

Instead, I visit family

They told me I'm special

Hmm

Augustus came and stabilised me with my father's pain

Relieving drug, diazepam

Life floats away

October, I swam back for my birthday

Firework display in a cafeteria of my old school

Happier my coal-black sleep in my cold, deep bed

December, you sang at my funeral

[Verse 2: Marika Hackman]

If it's depths to your rivers, I've picked one for you

Oh, greedy with Ss but equalled by Is

If it's stones for your pockets, I've collected a few

To hold you down

To hold you down

[Refrain: Marika Hackman]

Mississippi, come back to me

Oh, Mississippi, your coal-black sleep

Oh, Mississippi

[Bassoon Solo]

[Refrain: Joe Newman and Marika Hackman]

Mississippi, come back to me

Oh, Mississippi from your cold black sleep

Oh, Mississippi