I am leaving Mississippi
in the evening rain
Where these delta towns

wear satin gowns
in a high beamed frame
Loretta Lynn guides my hands
through the radio

Where would I be
in times like these
without the songs Loretta wrote
`Cause when you

can`t find a friend
you still got the radio
And when you can`t find a friend
you still got the radio

The radio oh
Listen to the radio
The radio
I left Hansen two-step

good old boy in Tennessee
Now he`s sittin` on the sofa
he`s lookin` for his supper
wonderin` what`s become of me

I`ve got a double 18
Martin guitar in the
back seat of the car
And I`m leavin` Mississippi

with the radio on
`Cause when you
can`t find a friend
you still got the radio

And when you can`t find a friend
you still got the radio
The radio oh
Listen to the radio

The radio
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There`s a moon across
the border in the Louisiana sky

I smell the Poncho Train
I hear silver wings and then
away Merle Haggard flies
That good old boy will find

a band of gold on the stereo
And then my mama`s gonna call
and say where`s she gone
And he`ll say down the road

with the radio on
When you can`t find a friend
you still got the radio
And when you can`t find a friend

you still got the radio
The radio oh
Listen to the radio
The radio oh

Listen to the radio
The radio oh
Listen to the radio
The radio oh

Listen to the radio