California Cotton Fields (Live)

[Intro: Cactus Moser, Wynonna] Honey, the first concert you ever went to was Merle Haggard You've told me this since we've been married Now I'ma say one of the greatest country singers in my entire life Period Was this man I was fifteen years old, first concert I'd ever been to and it changed my life One, two One, two, three My favorite part [Verse 1: Wynonna] My drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in mama's arms My daddy plowed the ground and prayed someday he could leavе That run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm And then one night, I hеard my daddy saying to my mama That he'd finally saved enough to go California was a dream, a paradise for he had seen Pictures in magazines that told him so [Chorus: Wynonna, Wynonna & Cactus Moser] California cottonfields Where labor camps are filled with weary men with broken dreams California cottonfields As close to wealth as daddy ever came [Verse 2: Wynonna] Almost everything we had was sold or left behind From my daddy's plow to the fruit that mama canned Some folks came to say farewell or see what all we had to sell Some just came to shake my daddy's hand That Model A was loaded down and California-bound A change of luck was just four days away But the only change I remember seeing for my daddy Was when his dark hair turned to silver grey [Chorus: Wynonna, Wynonna & Cactus Moser] California cottonfields Where labor camps are filled with weary men with broken dreams California cottonfields As close to wealth as daddy ever came