Where Grass Won't Grow

EARL MONTGOMERY

Writer Earl Montgomery
Copyright 1968

(with George Jones, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)

The dirt was clay and was the color of the blood in me
A twelve acre farm on a ridge is southern Tennessee
We left that sweat all over that land behind a mule we watched grow old
Row after row trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't
Grow
There was one old store in the hollow we all called town
It belonged to a gentle old man named Henry Brown
He gave us credit in the wintertime so we could live through the cold when the
Wind brought snow
Trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't grow
The one I loved walked through those fields with me
She was a hard working woman true as one could be
But then one year death was going 'round and swiftly took it's toll
Janie had to go
Now she lies asleep under ground so poor that grass won't grow
As I stand here looking over this part of Tennessee
The fields are bare as far as the eye can see
And over the grave where Janie lies there's a beautiful sight to behold
And no one knows why there's flowers blooming on ground so poor that grass
Won't grow

Curiosità sulla canzone Where Grass Won't Grow di George Jones

In quali album è stata rilasciata la canzone “Where Grass Won't Grow” di George Jones?
George Jones ha rilasciato la canzone negli album “Walk Through This World With M” nel 1967, “Where Grass Won’t Grow” nel 1969, “A Good Year For The Roses” nel 1986, “Bradley Barn Sessions” nel 1994, “The Bradley Barn Sessions” nel 1994, “A Country Boy” nel 2009, “The Great Lost Hits” nel 2010, “Songs That Tell A Story” nel 2011, “Gods Of Country” nel 2011, e “The Very Best of George Jones” nel 2022.
Chi ha composto la canzone “Where Grass Won't Grow” di di George Jones?
La canzone “Where Grass Won't Grow” di di George Jones è stata composta da EARL MONTGOMERY.

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