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Joe Ely
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All That You Need
Ely Joe I've been workin' on the farm, just me and my brother Jack Choppin' a sea of cotton till I thought I'd break my back Everything changed when my daddy got hurt Our lives were so connected to that brown ol' flatland dirt
When the government man from Austin Come sniffin' around our land Askin' a bunch of questions that we did not understand There's more to farmin' cotton than just tendin' to your seed The ones who set the policy don't give a damn about our needs
Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That the rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need
Well, mama says to Jackie, would she bring the car around? She's wearin' her finest dress That's how I know she's goin' to town I wish, I'd never seen that letter that I found there in her room They're sellin' the farm on the courthouse step This Saturday afternoon
Well, me and Jack moved into town to a shack by the train depot Jack got a job as a bouncer at a bar on Paradise Row Mama got a job in the cotton gin, grading cotton by the bale She cried when a trailer full of cotton come in From the farm we had to sell
Sow the seed in the ground below Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Fall to your knees and pray real slow That the rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need
Me, I ended up in jail, sick of livin' on welfare And the hardest thing ever happened to me Is when mama come to visit me there 'Don't you worry your pretty little head' I said, as I buttoned my shirt 'When I get out of this Iron Hotel I'm goin' back to that dry land dirt'
For some, it's just a livin' but for us it's our whole life If it kills me, I'm gonna rake that dirt And make a livin' out of toil and strife The ways of the cities makes no sense, strapped to dependency I'd rather be sweatin' 'neath a clear blue sky Plantin' cotton with my family
Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That the rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need
Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That the rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need
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