Willie & Laura Mae Jones Lyrics

Willie and Laura Mae Jones were our neighbors 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, we learned to count on each other
When you live off the land you don′t have
Time to think about another man's color
The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
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
Now and then Willie would grin and say, "Hey man, you play alright"
Make me feel so good
Now I remember the best times when Saturday come around
We all would stop by Willie's house and
Say, "Y'all need anything from town?"
He′d say, "No, but why don′t y'all stop by on the way back through
And I′ll get Laura Mae to cook up some mighty fine barbecue"
Ha, you know that's good
The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
The years rolled past the land and took back all they′d given
We all knew we had to move if we was going to make a living
So we all moved on and went our separate ways
Sure was hard to say goodbye to Willie and Laura Mae Jones
The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time