sweet country

blackberry pickin' time

lord knows that i'm ready to go

with sweet country joe

like the berries on the vine

ripe and ready

i want to go

with sweet country joe

his eyes are colored like the sky

and his hair is colored like the hay

some folks think he's kind of shy

well he looks at me in that certain way

oh

i've got to go

with sweet country joe

mama said i cut my dress too short to wear

summers hot and i kind'a

well

i kind'a don't care

'sides

it makes country joe stare

sittin' in a shady spot to watch him work

lord

summers hot

ooh

he just pulled off his shirt

sweet country joe

his strong back is shining in the sun

and he's acting like he's to big to play

lord

inside i'm all undone

when he's looking at me in that certain way

oho

i've got to go

with sweet country joe

blackberry pickin' time

lord knows that i'm ready to go

with sweet country joe and like the berries on the vine

when they're ripe you gotta know that it's pickin' time

and when i get done a'pickin'

country joe will be mine