RIDIN’ON THE COTTON BELT
I recently went to a big homecoming' celebration
In Cleveland County Arkansas where I was born
Whole family went down and there was a great day for us
I felt like this day was special especially for my mother and my daddy
Though it was daddy's and mama's homecoming'
And I was so proud of 'em ridin' that carriage
Down the Main Street of Rison Arkansas
Sometimes the songs I write sound like talking' about myself
But actually in some of these songs
Especially this one I'm writing' about my daddy
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Ridin' on the Cotton Belt Cleveland County's where I long to be
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I got onto Brinkley and every mile I make is a memory
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This boxcar's cold and windy and the dust goes around in circles in the air
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But my hard times are behind me and I'm returnin' home so I don't care
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And I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt railroad line
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In the pitchin' rolling rhythm and the noise
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Railroad men are friends of mine and I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt boys
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Ridin' on the Cotton Belt across that little river called Saline
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That's where I went fishin' and I hunted in her bottoms as a teen
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Now just ahead's a farmhouse and in the kitchen window there's a light
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And I've just got fourteen dollars but I'm taking it myself home tonight
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And I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt railroad line
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In the pitchin' rolling rhythm and the noise
D A E A
Railroad men are friends of mine and I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt boys
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Jumpin' off the Cotton Belt ain't easy when she's going forty per
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But I see my wife standin' there hoping that I'm coming home to her
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I got a few new cuts and bruises but this old working hobo's made a home
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So long to your Cotton Belt thank you for the ride keep rolling on
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And I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt railroad line
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In the pitchin' rolling rhythm and the noise
D A E A
Railroad men are friends of mine and I'm ridin' on the Cotton Belt boys
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