Willie & Laura Mae Jones   Were our neighbours a long time back   They lived right down the road from us   In a shack just like our shack      The people worked the land together   And we learned to count on each other   When you live off the land   You don't have the time to think about another man's colour      The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine   But that was another place and another time      Sit out on the front porch   In the evening when the sun went down   Willie would play and the kids would sing   And everybody would mess around   Daddy'd bring out his guitar   And play on through the night   Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say   "Hey, you play all right"   Made me feel so good      I remember the best times of all   When Saturday came around   We all would stop by Willie's house and say   "Do y'all need anything from town?"   He'd say "No, but why don't y'all stop on the way back through?   And I'll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue"   And you know that's good      The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was   But that was another place and another time      Oh, the years rolled past the land   And took back what they'd given   We all knew we had to move   If we were gonna make a living      So we all moved off   And went about our separate ways   It sure was hard to say goodbye   To Willie and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah      The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was   But that was another place and another time   I remember so well   The cotton looked so fine   But that was another place and another time   And it felt so good, yes it did