Brown Dirt

(album: Closer To You - 1994)

Brown dirt, sticking to my fingers
Brown dirt, clinging to my feet
Brown dirt, Mississippi bottom land
Picking that cotton for the man down the street

Brown dirt, raising his vegetables
Brown dirt, growing his grass
Brown dirt, walking down the pathway
Picking that cotton now I hope it is my last

Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay
Brown dirt, cover my body
I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day
Brown dirt wet, you're sinking
Brown dirt dry, you dust
Brown dirt, I've been thinking
We'll all come to you and we won't be the first

Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay
Cover my body
I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day
If a stick moves, it's a snake
If a water is still, it's a lake
If you harm yourself, you know it hurts
Final destination, brown dirt