Well you can dig me up a grave
And try and stick me in the ground 
Well you can tie me to the bed 
And try and beat me half to death 
But you can never keep me down 
Well you can stick me in a hole 
And you can pray all day for rain 
You can shoot me in the leg 
Just to try to make me beg 
And you can leave me there for days 

And I’ll stay alive 
Just to follow you home 
And I will survive 
‘Cause you’re my Mississippi Princess 
You’re my California Queen 
Like the Duchess of Detroit 
And every city in between 
You can slap me in the face 
You can scream profanity 
Leave me here to die alone but 
I’ll still follow you home 
I’ll still follow you home 

You can make a couple calls 
And tell your brothers I’m in town 
Put a bounty on my head 
And tell my parents that I’m dead 
And hope to [bad word] I’m never found 
You can steal me the keys 
To your daddy’s Cadillac 
You can tamper with the brakes 
Call it a mistake 
And pray I’m [bad word] back 

And I’ll stay alive 
Just to follow you home 
And I will survive 
‘Cause you’re my Mississippi Princess 
You’re my California Queen 
Like the Duchess of Detroit 
And every city in between 
You can slap me in the face 
You can scream profanity 
Leave me here to die alone but 
I’ll still follow you home 
I’ll still follow you home 

You can dig me up a grave 
And try and stick me in the ground 
You can tie me to the bed 
And try and beat me half to death 
But you can never keep me down 

And I will survive 
‘Cause you’re my Mississippi Princess 
You’re my California Queen 
Like the Duchess of Detroit 
And every city in between 
You can slap me in the face 
You can scream profanity 
Leave me here to die alone but 
I’ll still follow you home 
I’ll still follow you home