I never picked cotton lyrics

Artist  : Johnny cash 
Song : I never picked cotton
 



[Chorus] I never picked cotton But my
mother did And my brother did And my sister did
And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal
mine



When I was just a baby Too little for a cotton
sack I played in the dirt While the others worked
'Til they couldn't straighten up their backs I
made myself a promise When I was big enough to
run That I'd never stay a single day In that
Oklahoma sun



[Chorus] Folks said I grew up early And
that the farm couldn't hold me then so I stole
ten bucks and a pickup truck And I never went
back again Then it was fast cars and whiskey Long
haired girls and fun I had everything that money
could bring And I took it all with a gun



[Chorus] It was Saturday night in Memphis
When a redneck grabbed my shirt When he said go
back to your cotton sack I left him dying in the
dirt They'll take me in the morning To the gallos
just outside And in the time I got There ain't a
hell of alot That I can look back on with
pride



[Chorus]