Lyrics Pickin' Time - Live At The Paramount Theatre, NJ/1990 - Johnny Cash

I got cotton in the bottom land
It's up and growin' and I got a good stand
My good wife and them kids of mine
Gonna get new shoes, come pickin' time
Get new shoes come pickin' time
Every night when I go to bed
I thank the Lord that my kids are fed
They live on beans eight days and nine
But I get 'em fat come pickin' time
Get 'em fat come come pickin' time
The corn is yellow and the beans are high
The sun is hot in the summer sky
The work is hard 'til layin' by
Layin' by 'til pickin' time
Layin' by 'til pickin' time
My old wagon barely gets me to town
I patched the wheels and I watered 'em down
Keep her in shape so she'll be fine
To haul my cotton come pickin' time
Haul my cotton come pickin' time
Last Sunday mornin' when they passed the hat
It was almost empty back where I sat
But the preacher smiled and he said, that's fine
He said, the Lord will wait 'til pickin' time
The Lord'll wait 'til pickin' time