Blackie, Kentucky Lyrics - Dolly Parton

In my home town of Blackie, Kentucky 

He came passin' through one dark, gloomy day 

And I considered myself as lucky 

When he told me he would take me away 

And though he was older, it made me no difference 

His promise of riches was all I could see 

At last I could leave the coal mines of Kentucky 

And know something better than sad poverty 

Blackie, Kentucky, you know that I'll miss you 

But there are other places in the world I'd like to see 

So I must take this chance to be somethin' more than nothin' 

But I'll always hold you in my memory 

But I've never adjusted to sociable livin' 

The friends that he knows, they're all strangers to me 

Thousands of miles from Blackie, Kentucky 

In a mansion with a husband that never loved me 

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He won't let my family and friends come to visit 

Because they are country and poor, he's ashamed 

Oh, but I'd give my life, Lord, if I could just go see them 

All that's changed about me is my name 

Blackie, Kentucky, oh Lord, how I miss you 

If I could come back home, I'd never leave you anymore 

I'd like to see my poor, hardworking, coal-minin' Daddy 

And Mama, and the kids, and the friends I knew before 

My world is as black as the coal in Kentucky 

He won't let me leave him - there's no way to win 

I'll take my own life, dear God, please forgive me 

But I've got to get back home to Blackie once again 

An' I've left him a note, in the mornin' he'll find it 

It's my last request and he can't refuse me 

I've told him to bury me back in Blackie, Kentucky 

Where my family and my friends can come and visit me 

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Blackie, Kentucky I'm comin' home to you 

But different from the way you remember me before 

So make me a place and I'll lay me down to rest 

And I'll sleep in your arms forevermore 

I'll sleep in your arms forever more