Oh singer sing me an old song yeah   Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton bales   Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah   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   And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow      Oh singer take me to the river   Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans   Let me lean overboard and wash my hands in the Mississipi water   Cause singer I can only ride that 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 wanta know how the people made it without a big corporation And I wanta feel how the people lived when life was slow Oh singer sing me an old song yeah   Sing me an old song about cotton bales   Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah   Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields   In the fields