The Cox Family - Gone Like The Cotton lyrics

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(Verse)

I dreamed she recalls when they were first married

A home man children to raise

The work of her smile and the faith that she carries

It's a blessing that still kills today

When due the cold he was yielding end callous

But for her love his only display

He weathered his storms in a church house he'd tell us

And at his table for God's grace he'd pray

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Now they're gone just like the cotton

And their valleys are filled full of stone

No hearth to burn, the home for their candle

And the light from their window is still

Gone but never forgotten

Their words carve a silent appeal

I long to return to your daddy and mama

And someday you know I will

(Verse 2)

Time is always her treasure

When we seem so far away

And my heart aches for life's simple pleasure

I'll go down that old lane that I walk through my memory

Until I can come home to stay

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