(Dolly Parton)      In my hometown of Blackie, Kentucky   He came passin' through one dark, gloomy day   And I considered myself as lucky   When he told me he would take me away.      And though he was older, it made me no difference   His promise of riches was all I could see   At last I could leave the coal mines of Kentucky   And know something better than sad poverty.      Blackie, Kentucky, you know that I'll miss you   But there are other places in the world I'd like to see   So I must take this chance to be somethin' more than nothin'   But I'll always hold you in my memory.      But I've never adjusted to sociable livin'   The friends that he knows, they're all strangers to me   Thousands of miles from Blackie, Kentucky   In a mansion with a husband that never loved me.      He won't let my family and friends come to visit   Because they are country and poor, he's ashamed   Oh, but I'd give my life, Lord, if I could just go see them   All that's changed about me is my name.      Blackie, Kentucky, oh Lord, how I miss you   If I could come back home, I'd never leave you anymore   I'd like to see my poor, hardworking, coal-minin' Daddy   And Mama, and the kids, and the friends I knew before.      My world is as black as the coal in Kentucky   He won't let me leave him - there's no way to win   I'll take my own life, dear God, please forgive me   But I've got to get back home to Blackie once again.      An' I've left him a note, in the mornin' he'll find it   It's my last request and he can't refuse me   I've told him to bury me back in Blackie, Kentucky   Where my family and my friends can come and visit me.      Blackie, Kentucky I'm comin' home to you   But different from the way you remember me before   So make me a place and I'll lay me down to rest   And I'll sleep in your arms for evermore.      I'll sleep in your arms for evermore...