Been beneath that burnin' sun
Was haulin' that tobacco 'round to cure.
How we'd chop that wicked weed
Till our hands and fingers bleed
I'm working like a mule, maybe more
We've been farmin' on this land since 1810
Through flood and drought and pestilence and war
Now I sure am sad to say
That I've lived to see this day
that we don't grow tobacco around here no more!
Chorus:
We don't grow, we don't grow
Oh, it's still the only work we'll ever know
We don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco around here no more!
Grandpa told me, "This I know
Change is coming, won't be slow
Knocking just like a thunder at the door
Fallow fields are all around
Empty barns just fallin' down
iron weeds coming up through the floor"
Once we growed it by the pound,
Now the kids all moved to town
And all that's left are elderly and poor
Now I sure am sad to say
That I've lived to see this day
that we don't grow tobacco around here no more
Chorus:
We don't grow, we don't grow
It's still the only work will ever know
Well, we don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco around here no more!
Yes I sure am sad to say
This way of life has gone away
Now that we don't grow tobacco around here no more
No we don't grow tobacco around here no more!
Hardest work that ever I done, Been beneath that burnin' sun Was haulin' that tobacco 'round to cure. How we'd chop that wicked weed Till our hands and fingers bleed I'm working like a mule, maybe more We've been farmin' on this land since 1810 Through flood and drought and pestilence and war Now I sure am sad to say That I've lived to see this day that we don't grow tobacco around here no more! Chorus: We don't grow, we don't grow Oh, it's still the only work we'll ever know We don't grow, we don't grow We don't grow tobacco around here no more! Grandpa told me, "This I know Change is coming, won't be slow Knocking just like a thunder at the door Fallow fields are all around Empty barns just fallin' down iron weeds coming up through the floor" Once we growed it by the pound, Now the kids all moved to town And all that's left are elderly and poor Now I sure am sad to say That I've lived to see this day that we don't grow tobacco around here no more Chorus: We don't grow, we don't grow It's still the only work will ever know Well, we don't grow, we don't grow We don't grow tobacco around here no more! Yes I sure am sad to say This way of life has gone away Now that we don't grow tobacco around here no more No we don't grow tobacco around here no more! Explain Request ×
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