High Cotton
Scott Anders, Roger Murrah, 1989· Songs Well-Known in America · p.140
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We didn't know the times were lean. Around our home the grass was green
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It didn't seem like things were all that bad. I bet we walked a thousand miles
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Chopping cotton and pushing plows and learning how to give it all we had
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As life went on and years went by, I saw the light in daddy's eyes
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and felt the love in mama's hands. They kept us warm and kept us fed.
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Taught us how to look ahead. Now looking back, I understand
Chorus:
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We were walking in High Cotton. Old times there are not forgotten
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Those fertile fields are never far away. We were walking in high cotton
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Old times there are not forgotten
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Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced
(Optional Instrumental)
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When Sunday morning rolled around, we dressed up in hand-me downs
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Just in time together with the church. Sometimes I think how long it's been
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And how it impressed me then It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work
(Final Chorus)