Written by: Scott Anders, Roger Murrah
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1 Aug '89 Country

We didn't know that times were lean
Around our house the grass was green
It didn't seem like things
Were all that bad

I bet we walked a thousand miles
Chopping cotton and pushing plows
And learning how to give it
All we had

As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands

They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now looking back, I understand

[CHORUS]
We were walking in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walking in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leaving home was the hardest thing
We ever faced

When Sunday mornings rolled around
We dressed up in hand me downs
Just in time to gather with the church

Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day
My daddy wouldn't work

[repeat CHORUS 3x]

Walking in high cotton

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