- J. Cash & J. Carter Cash

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I Never Picked Cotton 
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Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did 
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and my daddy died young workin' in a coal mine 

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When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack 

I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't 

straighten up their backs 
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and I made myself a promise when I was old enought to run 

that I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun, but 

I never picked cotton... 

Folks said that I grew up early 
And the farm 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 legged girls and fun 
I had everything that money could bring 
And I took it all with a gun (but)

I never picked cotton... 

It was Saturday night in Memphis 
When a redneck grabbed my shirt 
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 got there ain't a hell of a lot 
I can look back on with pride, but 

I never picked cotton...