Somebody asked me, “Can there be too much emotion?” Heavens no! It fuels every great thing ever done. Make no mistake what it can accomplish.“Hey!” shouts Conway Twitty, beginning that great C&W classic, “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man.”
Lo-retta Lynn joins right in, every bit his equal, “Louisiana woman, Mississippi man, We get together every time we can, The Mississippi River can’t keep us apart.” Then Conway, “There’s too much love in this Mississippi heart,” then Loretta, “Too much love in this Louisiana heart.”
Brain stem? Limbic brain? Yes! And ain’t it grand? Someone’s about to do something impossible.
Obstacles will need to be overcome. There could be problems, oh yes, because, sings that Mississippi man:
See
alligator all a- waitin’ nearby Sooner or later, they know I’m gonna try When she wave from bank Don’t you know I know It’s a-goodbye fishin’ line, see you while ago. With a Louisiana woman waiting on other side The Mississippi River don’t look so wide.
Don’t you love that “goodbye fishin’ line, see you while ago”? What will propel him forward on this dangerous mission? Don’t underestimate that “wave from bank.”
The chorus comes in every time to remind us -
CHORUS: Louisiana woman, Mississippi man, We get together ever time we can The Mississippi River can’t keep us apart There’s too much love in this Mississippi heart Too much love in this Louisiana heart.
