High Cotton-Alabama

[ti:High Cotton] [ar:Alabama] [al:The American Farewell Tour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]High Cotton - Alabama [00:17.72]We didn't know that times were lean [00:20.66]'Round our house the grass was green [00:23.41]It didn't seem like things were all that bad [00:27.46] [00:28.08]I bet we walked a thousand miles [00:31.15]Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows [00:33.97]And learnin' how to give it all we had [00:38.77]As life went on and years went by [00:41.89]I saw the light in daddy's eyes [00:44.84]And felt the love in mama's hands [00:48.29] [00:49.22]They kept us warm and kept us fed [00:52.48]Taught us how to look ahead [00:55.12]Now lookin' back I understand [00:58.38] [00:59.11]We were walkin' in high cotton [01:02.31]Old times there are not forgotten [01:05.05]Those fertile fields are never far away [01:10.02]We were walkin' in high cotton [01:12.84]Old times there are not forgotten [01:15.54]Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced [01:19.86] [01:29.03]When Sunday mornings rolled around [01:31.91]We dressed up in hand-me downs [01:34.59]Just in time together with the church [01:38.02] [01:39.58]Sometimes I think how long it's been [01:42.58]And how it impressed me then [01:45.01]It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work [01:48.59] [01:49.84]We were walkin' in high cotton [01:52.70]Old times there are not forgotten [01:55.44]Those fertile fields are never far away [01:58.88] [02:00.19]We were walkin' in high cotton [02:03.12]Old times there are not forgotten [02:05.75]Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced [02:09.68] [02:10.73]We were walkin' in high cotton [02:13.62]Old times there are not forgotten [02:16.44]Those fertile fields are never far away [02:19.82] [02:21.25]We were walkin' in high cotton [02:24.12]Old times there are not forgotten [02:26.74]Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced [02:30.42] [02:31.63]We were walkin' in high cotton [02:34.56]Old times there are not forgotten [02:37.18]Those fertile fields are never far away [02:42.04]We were walkin' in high cotton [02:44.98]Old times there are not forgotten [02:47.60]Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced [02:52.90]Walkin' in high cotton