Lyrics Willie And Laura Mae Jones

Willie and Laura Mae Jones
Were our neighbours a long time back
They lived right down the road from us
In a shack just like our shack

They worked the land together
And we learned to count on each other
When you live off the land
You don't have the time to think about another man's colour

Always sit out on the front porch
In the evening when the sun went down
Willie would play and Laura would sing
And the kids would dance around
I'd bring out my guitar and play on through the night
Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say
Hey, you play all right
And Lord it made me feel so good

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time

Get up here, junior
Eddy...

Oh, the years rolled past our land
And took back what they'd given
We all knew we had to move
If we were gonna make a living

So we all took off
And went about our separate ways
It sure was hard to say goodbye
To Willie and Laura Mae, oh yeah

The years rolled by our door
And we heard from them no more
Till I saw Willie the other day...