I Never Picked Cotton

	  		I Never Picked Cotton  (written by Charles Williams/Bobby George) 
By Johnny Cash (Unchained album 1996) 
 
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Chorus  I never picked cotton 
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like my mother did and my brother did 
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and my sister did 
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and my daddy died young 
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in a coal mine 
 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
 
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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 
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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!