Willie And Lauramae Jones

Willie and Laura Mae Jones
 Were our neighbours a long time back
 They lived right down the road from us
 In a shack just like our shack
 The people worked the land together
 And we learned to count on each other
 When you live off the land
 You don't have the time to think about another mans colour
 The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
 But that was another place and another time
 Sit out on the front porch
 In the evening when the sun went down
 Willie would play and the kids would sing
 And everybody would mess around
 Daddyd bring out his guitar
 And play on through the night
 Every now and then ol Willie would grin and say
 Hey, you play all right
 Made me feel so good
 I remember the best times of all
 When saturday came around
 We all would stop by Willie's house and say
 Do yall need anything from town?
 He'd say no, but why don't yall stop on the way back through?
 And I'll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue
 And you know that's good
 The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was
 But that was another place and another time
 Oh, the years rolled past the land
 And took back what theyd given
 We all knew we had to move
 If we were gonna make a living
 So we all moved off
 And went about our separate ways
 It sure was hard to say goodbye
 To Willie and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah
 The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was
 But that was another place and another time
 I remember so well
 The cotton looked so fine
 But that was another place and another time
 And it felt so good, yes it did