California Cotton Fields (1973 Live Version)
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โฑ๏ธ 3:14 duration
๐ ID: 25631759
๐ Lyrics
My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '43
When I was just a child in mama's arms
My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
This run down mortgaged Oklahoma farm
And then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama
That he finally saved enough to go
California was his dream, a paradise for he had seen
Lots of pretty girls in magazines that told him so
California cotton fields
Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
California cotton fields
As close to wealth as daddy ever came
Well, almost everything we had was sold or left behind
From my daddy's plow to the fruit that mama canned
Some folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell
Some just came to shake my daddy's hand
Oh, the Model A was loaded down and California bound
And a change of luck was just four days away, yeah
But the only change that I remember seeing for my daddy
Was when his dark hair turned to silver-grey
California cotton fields
Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
California cotton fields
As close to wealth as daddy ever came
Thank you very much, thank you
Anyway, we're gonna leave you now with this song
Well, we're leaving anyway
"Six Days on the Road"
And we're gonna make it to Philadelphia tonight
Yeah, come on down to Philadelphia, it's a nice plain there
Pennsylvania, my favorite
When I was just a child in mama's arms
My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
This run down mortgaged Oklahoma farm
And then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama
That he finally saved enough to go
California was his dream, a paradise for he had seen
Lots of pretty girls in magazines that told him so
California cotton fields
Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
California cotton fields
As close to wealth as daddy ever came
Well, almost everything we had was sold or left behind
From my daddy's plow to the fruit that mama canned
Some folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell
Some just came to shake my daddy's hand
Oh, the Model A was loaded down and California bound
And a change of luck was just four days away, yeah
But the only change that I remember seeing for my daddy
Was when his dark hair turned to silver-grey
California cotton fields
Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
California cotton fields
As close to wealth as daddy ever came
Thank you very much, thank you
Anyway, we're gonna leave you now with this song
Well, we're leaving anyway
"Six Days on the Road"
And we're gonna make it to Philadelphia tonight
Yeah, come on down to Philadelphia, it's a nice plain there
Pennsylvania, my favorite
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:04.83] My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '43
[00:09.80] When I was just a child in mama's arms
[00:14.66] My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
[00:19.59] This run down mortgaged Oklahoma farm
[00:24.47] And then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama
[00:29.69] That he finally saved enough to go
[00:34.34] California was his dream, a paradise for he had seen
[00:39.20] Lots of pretty girls in magazines that told him so
[00:44.31] California cotton fields
[00:48.89] Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
[00:54.21] California cotton fields
[00:58.43] As close to wealth as daddy ever came
[01:03.70]
[01:27.90] Well, almost everything we had was sold or left behind
[01:32.83] From my daddy's plow to the fruit that mama canned
[01:37.75] Some folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell
[01:42.60] Some just came to shake my daddy's hand
[01:47.12] Oh, the Model A was loaded down and California bound
[01:52.12] And a change of luck was just four days away, yeah
[01:56.95] But the only change that I remember seeing for my daddy
[02:01.92] Was when his dark hair turned to silver-grey
[02:07.26] California cotton fields
[02:11.50] Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
[02:17.09] California cotton fields
[02:21.35] As close to wealth as daddy ever came
[02:27.22]
[02:42.99] Thank you very much, thank you
[02:45.30] Anyway, we're gonna leave you now with this song
[02:50.26] Well, we're leaving anyway
[02:56.45] "Six Days on the Road"
[03:00.54] And we're gonna make it to Philadelphia tonight
[03:04.04] Yeah, come on down to Philadelphia, it's a nice plain there
[03:12.14] Pennsylvania, my favorite
[03:12.88]
[00:09.80] When I was just a child in mama's arms
[00:14.66] My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
[00:19.59] This run down mortgaged Oklahoma farm
[00:24.47] And then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama
[00:29.69] That he finally saved enough to go
[00:34.34] California was his dream, a paradise for he had seen
[00:39.20] Lots of pretty girls in magazines that told him so
[00:44.31] California cotton fields
[00:48.89] Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
[00:54.21] California cotton fields
[00:58.43] As close to wealth as daddy ever came
[01:03.70]
[01:27.90] Well, almost everything we had was sold or left behind
[01:32.83] From my daddy's plow to the fruit that mama canned
[01:37.75] Some folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell
[01:42.60] Some just came to shake my daddy's hand
[01:47.12] Oh, the Model A was loaded down and California bound
[01:52.12] And a change of luck was just four days away, yeah
[01:56.95] But the only change that I remember seeing for my daddy
[02:01.92] Was when his dark hair turned to silver-grey
[02:07.26] California cotton fields
[02:11.50] Where labor camps were filled with varied man with broken dreams
[02:17.09] California cotton fields
[02:21.35] As close to wealth as daddy ever came
[02:27.22]
[02:42.99] Thank you very much, thank you
[02:45.30] Anyway, we're gonna leave you now with this song
[02:50.26] Well, we're leaving anyway
[02:56.45] "Six Days on the Road"
[03:00.54] And we're gonna make it to Philadelphia tonight
[03:04.04] Yeah, come on down to Philadelphia, it's a nice plain there
[03:12.14] Pennsylvania, my favorite
[03:12.88]