I Never Picked Cotton

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I never picked cotton


Like my mother did and my brother 
did


And my sister did and my daddy died 
young

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Working in a coal mine



When I was just a baby


Too little for the cotton sack


I played in the dirt while the 
others worked

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Till they couldn't straighten their
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 backs



And I made my self a promise


When I was old enough to run


That I'd never stay a single day

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In that Oklahoma sun


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I never picked cotton


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Like my mother did and my brother 
did


And my sister did and my daddy died 
young

D7                G
Working in a coal mine



Folks said that I grew up early


And the farm couldn't hold me then


So I stole ten bucks and a pick up 
truck

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And I never went back again



And it was fast cars and whiskey


Long legged girls and fun


I had everything that money could 
bring

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And I took it all with a gun


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I never picked cotton


Like my mother did and my brother 
did


And my sister did and my daddy died 
young

D7                G
Working in a coal mine



It was Saturday night in Memphis


When a redneck grabbed my shirt


And he said go back to your cotton 
sack

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I left him lying in the dirt



And they'll take me in the morning


To the gallows just outside


And in the time I've got there ain’t
 a hell of a lot

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I can look back on with pride


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I never picked cotton


Like my mother did and my brother 
did


And my sister did and I’ll never die
 young

D7                G
Working in a coal mine