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I been workin' on the farmJust me and my brother JackChoppin' a sea of cotton'Till I thought I'd break my backEverything changedWhen my daddy got hurtOur lives were so connectedTo that brown ol' flatland dirtWhen the government man from AustinCome sniffin' around our landAskin' a bunch of questions That we did not understandThere's more to farmin' cottonThan just tendin' to your seedThe ones who set the policyDon't give a damn about our needsSow the seed in the ground belowFall to your knees and pray real slowThat rain will come and kiss the seedAnd bless you with all that you needMama says to JackieWould she bring the car around?She's wearin' her finest dressLetras de cancionesThat's how I know she's goin' to townI wish I'd never seen that letterThat I found there in her roomThey're sellin' the farm on the courthouse stepThis Saturday afternoonMe and Jack moved into townTo a shack by the train depotJack got a job as a bouncerAt a bar on Paradise RowMama got a job in the cotton ginGrading cotton by the baleShe cried when a trailer full of cotton come inFrom the farm we had to sellSow the seed in the ground belowFall to your knees and pray real slowThat rain will come and kiss the seedAnd bless you with all that you needMe, I ended up in jailSick of livin' on welfareAnd the hardest thing ever happened to meIs when mama come to visit me thereDon't you worry your pretty little headI said as I buttoned my shirtWhen I get out of this iron hotelI'm goin' back to that dry-land dirtFor some it's just a livin'But for us its our whole lifeIf it kills me I'm gonna rake that dirtAnd make a livin' out of toil and strifeThe ways of the cities makes no senseStrapped to dependencyI'd rather be sweatin' a-'neath a clear blue skyPlantin' cotton with my familySow the seed in the ground belowFall to your knees and pray real slowThat rain will come and kiss the seedAnd bless you with all that you need From Letras Mania