Tom T Hall - Blackberry Dreams lyrics

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(Tom T. Hall)

Blackberry jelly and blackberry jam

Blackberry's cobbler and blackberrys canned

We used to pick 'em and sell 'em

And was that a dollar a gallon.

Sun filled days and the moon filled nights

Cowboy movies and funnybook fights

Old ked sneakers and ragged ole jeans

But we had our blackberry dreams.

Hey up in the mornin' and out to the vines

June and July that was blackberry time

Sure did taste good on a biscuit

And we'd steal some wine if they fixed it.

Saturday mornin's we'd go into town

Spend all our money on kids who were around

Flat broke on Sunday fish in the streams

And we had our blackberry dreams.

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Girls didn't care about blackberry boys

They didn't like us but they sure liked our toys

And we used to trick 'em and tease 'em

Lord we never thought we would need 'em.

We gave Mrs Walker a gallon one day

Cause she couldn't pick 'em and she couldn't pay

And we thought it worthy of Roy and Gene

And those were our blackberry dreams.

And I was just thinking about it today

Blackberry summers blackberry ways

We kept the sun on the right side

May we always look at the bright side.

You know it seems funny but as I look back

We've always been in a blackberry patch

Still got my sneakers and my ragged ole jeans

And I still got my blackberry dreams...