Kate Campbell - Songs from the Levee

A Cotton Field Away

A child of three
Reaches out to touch
And only sees
Pretty powder puffs
Down the road
A black child plays
But the dreams
He holds lie
A cotton field away

The fires burn bright
A window breaks
Another one dies
A momma's heart aches
Behind locked doors
A white man prays
And thanks
The Lord he lives
A cotton field away

If we could see
Beyond the clouds
We both might be
On common ground

We met in school
By court's decree
I learned real soon
You were
A lot like me
Across the land
They say things
Have changed
But still we stand
A cotton field away



Credits
Writer(s): Kate Campbell, Ira Campbell, Johnny Pierce
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Mississippi and Me
  2. Lanterns On the Levee
  3. Wild Iris
  4. Like a Buffalo
  5. Locust Years
  6. A Cotton Field Away
  7. Jerusalem Inn
  8. Trains Don't Run from Nashville
  9. South of Everything
  10. Bury Me In Bluegrass

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Altri album

  1. Damn Sure Blue
  2. I Am That Girl
  3. The K.O.A. Tapes, Vol. 1
  4. The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1)
  5. Walk On
  6. Live At the Library
  7. 1000 Pound Machine
  8. The Tramp and Lady Christmas
  9. Two Nights in Texas
  10. The Portable Kate Campbell

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