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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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But my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
Verse 2
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Too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt
While the others worked
'Til they couldn't
straighten up their backs
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And I made myself a promise
When I was old enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day
In that Oklahoma sun
Verse 3
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And I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
Verse 4
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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
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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
Verse 5
picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
Verse 6
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It was Saturday night in Memphis
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
And he said go back to your cotton sack
I left him lying 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 got
There ain't a hell of a lot
I can look back on with pride
Verse 7
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But I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
Verse 8
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I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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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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