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Roy Clark
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I Never Picked Cotton
I never picked cotton But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine.
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten their backs And I made myself a promise when I was big enough to run That I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun.
And I never picked cotton But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine.
Folks said I grew up early and in the farm that couldn't hold me then So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again And it was fast cars and whiskey long haired girls and fun I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun.
But I never picked cotton Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine.
It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt And when he said go back in your cotton sack I let 'I'm dyin' in the dirt They'd take me in the mornin' to the gallows just outside And in the time I've got there ain't a hullava lot that I can look back on with pride.
But I never picked cotton But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine.
But I never picked cotton But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine...
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