IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE SHOALS OF ALABAM UP THROUGH THE HILLS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE BANKS OF THE CUMBERLAND I WAS MAKING MY WAY DOWN TO TUPELO WHEN I FELT MY ENGINE FAIL I WAS ALL ALONE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUT ON THE NATCHEZ TRAIL CHORUS A OOOO OO OUT IN THE NATCHEZ TRAIL BETTER WATCH WHERE YOU WALK OR YOU MIGHT GET LOST OUT ON THE NATCHEZ TRAIL I SET OUT HIKING BY THE PALE MOONLIGHT LOOKING FOR THE NEAREST TOWN WHEN I CAME ACROSS A MAN CALLED CHICKASAW SAM SITTIN ON AN INDIAN MOUND HE HAD AN OL' PEACE PIPE AND AN UN-CORKED JUG FILLED WITH MAGIC ALE I TOOK A LITTLE SIP AND MY MIND PLAYED TRICKS
OUT ON THE NATCHEZ TRAIL CHORUS I HEARD THE SKY THUNDER I HEARD THE WIND BLOW I HEARD A WHOLE HERD OF BUFFALO THE STARS STARTED SPINNIN AROUND AND ROUND I FELT MY FEET COMIN OFF THE GROUND I WAS FLYIN DOWN THE TRAIL I WAS FLYIN REAL LOW AND I FLEW ALL THE WAY TO TUPELO I SAW THE BOY KING I SAW CHICKASAW SAM THEN IT ALL WENT BLACK WITH A WAVE OF HIS HAND I WOKE UP WITH THE SUN SHINNIN IN MY FACE IN THE FRONT OF MY CHEVELLE HOW I GOT BACK TO THE DOUBLE BRIDGE I COULD NEVER TELL I TOOK A LITTLE TRIP TO THE OTHER SIDE BUT I LIVED TO TELL THE TALE IT WAS A STROKE OF LUCK WHEN THAT MOTOR CRANKED UP OUT ON THE NATCHEZ TRAIL CHORUS