oh singer

oh singer

sing me an old song

oh singer

sing me an old song

sing me an old song about the cotton bales

tell me how the good earth feels

down in the high white cotton

'cause in my life i'll never get to walk

on my knees in the fields

oh singer

sing about the railroad

sing about a coal shovellin' fireman on the l & n rail

let me gather 'round the fire

with all the people in the depot

'cause in my life singer

i'll never ride those coal fired trains

take me back

oh singer

take me back

i'm livin' a life i can't slow down 'cept with a song

and i wanna know how the people made it

without the big corporations

i wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow

oh singer

take me to the river

i wanna ride those big river boat down to new orleans

i wanna lean overboard

and wash my hands in the mississippi water

'cause singer

i can only ride

those boat in a song you sing

take me back

oh singer

take me back

i'm livin' a life i can't slow down 'cept with a song

and i wanna know how the people

made it without the big corporations

i wanna feel how the people

lived when life was slow

take me back

oh singer

take me back

i'm livin' a life i can't slow down 'cept with a song

and i wanna know how the people

made it without the big corporations

i wanna feel how the people

lived when life was slow.