I Never Picked Cotton (written by Charles Williams/Bobby George) By Johnny Cash (Unchained album 1996) Chorus I never picked cotton like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young in a coal mine 1. When I was just a baby too little for the cotton sack I played in the dirt while the others worked til they couldn't straighten their backs and I made my self a promise when I was old enough to run that I'd never stay a single day in that Oaklahoma sun And I... Chorus 2. 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 and I never went back again and it was fast cars and wiskey long legged girls and fun I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun And I... Chorus 3. It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt and he said go back to your cotton sack I left him lyin in the dirt and they'll take me in the morning to the gallows just outside and in the time I've got their aint a hell of a lot I can look back on with pride But I... Chorus X2 Enjoy!
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