Hardest work that ever I done been beneath that burnin' sun
Was haulin' that tobacco 'round to cure
I would chop that wicked weed till our hands and fingers bleed
Workin' like a mule, maybe more
We've been farmin' on this land since 1810
Through flood and drought and pestilence and war
Now I sure am sad to say that I've lived to see this day
And we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
We don't grow, we don't grow
Oh, it's still the only work we'll ever know
We don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco around here no more
Grandpa told me, this I know, change is comin', won't be slow
Knockin' just like a thunder at the door
Better fields are all around, empty barns just fallin' down
Well, iron weeds comin' up through the floor
Once we growed it by the pound, now the kids all moved to town
And all that's left are ill, defeated and por
Now I sure am sad to say rhat I've lived to see this day
And we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
We don't grow, we don't grow
Oh, it's still the only work we'll ever know
Well, we don't grow, we don't grow
We don't grow tobacco around here no more
Yes, I sure am sad to say
This way of life has gone away
Now that we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more, well
No, we don't grow tobacco 'round here no more
