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High Cotton Lyrics
We didn't know the times were lean
Round our house the grass was green
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
I bet we walked a thousand miles
Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
And learnin' how to give it all we had
As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back I understand.
Chorus:
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced.
When Sunday mornings rolled around
We dressed up in hand-me downs
Just in time together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work.
Chorus x3
We were walkin' in high cotton
Round our house the grass was green
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
And learnin' how to give it all we had
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back I understand.
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced.
We dressed up in hand-me downs
Just in time together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work.
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i think what this song is saying is that no matter what ur always going to look back on your past and the good times and bad times will always be with you.and even no matter how far home or what u think of as home is away it will always be close to you in a way.