from cotton to satin

from cotton to satin

from birmingham to manhattan

from a pickup to a long limousine

from cotton to satin

from birmingham to manhattan

she had to follow her dream

i saved up enough to buy her one small diamond

that's the year that old tractor broke down

and the dream house i promised her still lies by a shade tree

some old bricks and boards all around

she begged me to take her to see new york city

so i mortgaged the farm and we were gone

but while we were there she took up with a rich man

i came back to the country alone

now

there is the garden where she touched every flower

there's the meadow where we walked hand in hand

if only she'd waited she'd have more than she dreamed of

for today they struck oil on my land

she went from cotton to satin

from birmingham to manhattan

from a pickup to a lonely limousine

from cotton to satin

from birmingham to manhattan

she had to follow her dream

she went from cotton to satin