[00:09.69]I never picked cotton [00:12.96]Like my mother did and my brother did [00:15.99]And my sister did and my Daddy died young [00:20.34]Workin' in a coal mine [00:28.14]When I was just a baby too little for the cotton sack [00:33.54]I played in the dirt while the others worked [00:36.48]'Til they couldn't straighten up their backs [00:38.97]And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run [00:43.62]That I'd never stay a single day In that Oklahoma sun [00:51.63]And I never picked cotton [00:54.81]Like my mother did and my brother did [00:57.96]And my sister did and my Daddy died young [01:02.46]Workin' in a coal mine [01:09.96]Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then [01:15.60]So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again [01:21.06]Then it was fast cars and whiskey, long legged girls and fun [01:27.30]I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun [01:33.81]And I never picked cotton [01:37.14]Like my mother did and my brother did [01:40.23]And my sister did and my Daddy died young [01:42.93]Workin' in a coal mine [01:51.99]It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt [01:57.90]And he said go back to your cotton sack, I left him lying in the dirt [02:03.36]And they'll take me in the morning to the gallows just outside [02:09.24]And in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot [02:12.18]I can look back on with pride [02:14.97]But I never picked cotton [02:19.17]Like my mother did and my brother did [02:22.32]And my sister did and my Daddy died young [02:24.78]Workin' in a coal mine [02:27.36]I never picked cotton [02:34.32]Like my mother did and my brother did [02:37.41]And my sister did and my Daddy died young [02:4