Lyrics of I never picked cotton

I never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine

When i was just a baby too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
'til they couldn't straighten up their backs
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

And i never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine

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
Then 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

And i never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine

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
And they'll take me in the morning to the gallows just outside
And in the time i've got there ain't a hell of a lot
I can look back on with pride

But i never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine

I never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
Workin' in a coal mine