We Don't Grow Tobacco

Hardest work that ever I done
Been beneath that burnin' sun
Haulin' that tobacco 'round to cure
I would chop that wicked weed
'Til our hands and fingers bleed
Workin' like a mule, maybe more
We been farmin' on this land
Since 1810
Through flood, drought, and pestilence, and war
Now I sure am sad to say
That I lived to see this day
And we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
We don't grow, we don't grow
Oh it's still the only work we'll ever know
We don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
Grandpa told me, "This I know
Change is comin', won't be slow
Knockin' just like a thunder at the door"
And the fields are all around
Empty barns just fallin' down
Well iron weeds comin' up through the floor
Once we growed it by the pound
Now the kids all moved to town
All that's left are well-to-be and poor
Now I sure am sad to say
That I would live to see this day
That we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
We don't grow, we don't grow
Oh it's still the only work we'll ever know
We don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
Yes I sure am sad to say
This way of life has gone away
Now that we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
Well, no, we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more