We Don't Grow Tobacco

Hardest work that ever I done, Been beneath that burnin' sunWas haulin' that tobacco 'round to cure.Oh we'd chop that wicked weedTill our hands and fingers bleedI'm working like a mule, maybe moreWe've been farmin' on this land since 1810Through flood and drought and pestilence and warNow I am sad to sayThat I've lived to see this dayAnd we don't grow tobacco around here no more! Chorus:We don't grow, we don't growOh, it's still the only work we'll ever knowWe don't grow, we don't growWe don't grow tobacco around here no more! Grandpa told me, "This I knowChange is coming, won't be slowKnocking just like a thunder at the doorBetter fields are all aroundEmpty bars just fallin' down... coming up through the floor"Once we growed it by the pound, Now the kids all moved to townAnd all that's left are... Now I sure am sad to sayThat I've lived to see this dayAnd we don't grow tobacco around here no moreChorus:We don't grow, we don't growIt's still the only work will ever knowWell, we don't grow, we don't growWe don't grow tobacco around here no more! Yes I sure am sad to sayThis way of life has gone awayNow that we don't grow tobacco around here no moreNo we don't grow tobacco around here no more!