MiSsIsIiPpI girl there's a long way from star mississippi to the big stage im singing out tonight and sometimes the butterflies still get me when i'm in the spotlight and some people seem to think that i've changed that im diferent that i was back then but in my soul i know the same way that i really always be chorus cause a mississippi girl dont change her ways just cuz everybody knows her name aint big-headed from a little bit of fame still like wearing my old ball cap ride my kids around piggy back they might know me all around the world but i'm still a mississippi girl well i spent weeks in california they put my face in the big movie screen but that dont mean that i forgotten where i came from that's just me chasing dreams chorus: cause a mississippi girl dont change her ways just cuz everybody knows her name ain't big-headed from a little bit of fame still like wearing my old ball cap ride my kids around piggy back they might know me all around the world but ill still be a mississippi girl chorus: mississippi girl oooh mississippi girl ooooh