Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. Down in the Delta where I was born All we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt Draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt. And I've worked hard the whole week long Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone There ain't a lot of money in a cotton bale At least when you try to sell. In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up Catch us a ride on a pickup truck On a gravel road it neatly string to lust That cotton pickin' Delta dust. We'd sit across the street on the depot porch Lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us Munchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone And wondering how we'd get back home. From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town. From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town...