Willie And Laura Mae Jones Lyrics - Waylon Jennings

WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES 

(Tony Joe White) 

â © '71 Combine Music, BMI» 

Willie and Laura Mae Jones were our neighbours a long time back 

They lived down the road from us in a shack just like our shack 

We worked the fields together learned to count on each other 

When you live off the land you ain't got time to think of another man's color 

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine 

That was another place and another time 

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Sit out on the front porch every evening when the sun went down 

Willie would play and Laura would sing and them younguns'd dance around 

I'd bring out my guitar and we'd play on through the night 

Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say boy you play all right 

The cotton was high... 

The years rolled past our land and took back what they'd given 

We all knew we'd had to move if we were gonna make a livin' 

So we all moved off and went about our separate ways 

It sure was hard to say goodbye to Willie and Laura Mae 

The cotton was high... 

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The years rolled past our doors and we heard of them no more 

When I saw Willie downtown the other day 

Said y'all stop right by now we could all sit down and eat by 

Sure love to see your children and Laura Mae 

Shook his head real slow and his eyes were kind 

This is another place and another time 

The cotton was high...