I Never Picked Cotton Lyrics - Unchained - Johnny Cash

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 

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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 

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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