We Don't Grow Tobacco

All these work... ever I done,

Been beneath that burning sun

So... that tobacco around to cure.

I would chop that wicked weed

Till our hands and feet will bleed

I'm working like I'm you, baby boy

We've been farming on this land since 1810

Through... drought and pest and... and war

Now I'm sure, I'm set to say

Better I lived to see this day

And we don't grow tobacco around here no more!

Chorus:

We don't grow, we don't grow

Oh, it's still the only work will ever know

Well, we don't grow, we don't grow

We don't grow tobacco around here no more!

Grandpa told me this, I know

Change is coming, it won't be slow

Knocking just like a thunder at the door

Better feel the roar around

Empty bonds just fall undone

... coming up through the floor

Once we... by the pond,

Now the kids have moved to town

And all it's left are... and corn

Not sure what I'm said to say

That I will live to see this day

And we don't grow tobacco around here no more

Chorus:

We don't grow, we don't grow

It's still the only work will ever know

Well, we don't grow, we don't grow

We don't grow tobacco around here no more!

Uh,... sure to say

This way of life has gone away

Now that we don't grow tobacco around here no more

No we don't grow tobacco around here no more!