Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Cotton, artist - Nanci Griffith. Album song The Loving Kind, in the genre Date of issue: 31.12.2008
Record label: Rounder
Song language: English
Cotton |
| Oh, my family grew cotton and cotton was all we knew |
| Butter came from butter beans and it all went in a stew |
| We lived off our victory garden and the neighbors did so too |
| Some years the dust was so ruthless, this cotton was all we grew |
| When there’s no more cane on the grasses |
| And the oil is gone in the gulf |
| When the wells are dry on the flatlands |
| Cotton’s all we got, cotton’s all we got |
| In the days before the power lines when L B J taught school |
| We dreamed of a fairer nation and promised to change the rules |
| To build a great society and all the folks in the same room |
| Fighting a war on poverty and taking us to the moon |
| When there’s no more cane on the grasses |
| And the oil is gone in the gulf |
| When the wells run dry on the flatlands |
| Cotton’s all we got, oh cotton’s all we got |
| Then the wind will feed the power lines where once it was dust that blew |
| All along the Chisholm Trail where cotton’s all we knew |
| When there’s no more cane on the grasses |
| And the oil is gone in the gulf |
| When the wells are dry on the flatlands |
| Cotton’s all we got, oh cotton’s all we got |
| Cotton’s all we got |