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My great grand ma told me when I was young
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Keep a song in your heart and the truth on your tongue
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You'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
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You'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
[Verse 2]
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Well the years rolled by and I've done all I could
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To follow her advice and it turn out good
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I've been walking in tall cotton all of my days
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I've been walking in tall cotton all of my days
[Verse 3]
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Told my good friend Zora on the telephone
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Though the past is gone and the futur's unknown
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You'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
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Child you'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
[Verse 4]
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Well I know where I'm going and who's going with me
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C# place full of joy so baby please don't quit me
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I'll be walking with you in tall cotton all of my days
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We'll be walking in tall cotton all of our days
[Verse 5]
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There's a long way to heaven and then again there's here and now
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If you know where to find it my great grand ma told me
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How you'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
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That's what she said you'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
[Verse 6]
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Another thing she told me when I was a child
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Keep a shiny pair of shoes child you'll always be in style
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You'll be walking in tall cotton all your days
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Yeah you'll be walking in tall cotton all your days