作词 : George, Williams
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