Willie & Laura Mae Jones Lyrics - Dusty Springfield

Willie & Laura Mae Jones 

Were our neighbours a long time back 

They lived right down the road from us 

In a shack just like our shack 

The people worked the land together 

And we learned to count on each other 

When you live off the land 

You don't have the time to think about another man's colour 

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine 

But that was another place and another time 

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Sit out on the front porch 

In the evening when the sun went down 

Willie would play and the kids would sing 

And everybody would mess around 

Daddy'd bring out his guitar 

And play on through the night 

Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say 

"Hey, you play all right" 

Made me feel so good 

I remember the best times of all 

When Saturday came around 

We all would stop by Willie's house and say 

"Do y'all need anything from town?" 

He'd say "No, but why don't y'all stop on the way back through? 

And I'll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue" 

And you know that's good 

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was 

But that was another place and another time 

Oh, the years rolled past the land 

And took back what they'd given 

We all knew we had to move 

If we were gonna make a living 

So we all moved off 

And went about our separate ways 

It sure was hard to say goodbye 

To Willie and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah 

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was 

But that was another place and another time 

I remember so well 

The cotton looked so fine 

But that was another place and another time 

And it felt so good, yes it did