Blackie, Kentucky Lyrics

(Dolly Parton)

In my home town of Blackie, Kentucky
He came pa*sin' 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 forevermore
I'll sleep in your arms forever more

Dolly Parton - The Tour Collection

Jul 2008

1. Love Is Like a Butterfly
2. Cowgirl and the Dandy
3. Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight
4. But You Know I Love You
5. Most of All Why
6. Falling out of Love with Me
7. Bubbling Over
8. Yellow Roses
9. Fool for Your Love
10. I Will Always Love You [Original Version]
11. Because I Love You
12. Sweet Music Man
13. You Are
14. Real Love
15. Lovin' You
16. I'll Make Your Bed
17. Love with Me
18. Hold Me
19. Sweet Summer Lovin'
20. Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)
21. (Your Life Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
22. Life's Like Poetry
23. Help!
24. Boulder to Birmingham
25. Release Me
26. Once in a Very Blue Moon
27. In the Ghetto
28. Harper Valley Pta
29. Games People Play
30. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
31. Starting Over Again
32. Even a Fool Would Let Go
33. Great Balls of Fire
34. Time for Me to Fly
35. Save the Last Dance for Me
36. Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
37. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
38. The Carroll County Accident
39. Detroit City
40. Wings of a Dove
41. Just the Way I Am
42. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
43. What Will Baby Be
44. Daddy's Working Boots
45. JJ Sneed
46. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
47. Daddy Come and Get Me
48. Take Me Back
49. Blackie, Kentucky
50. Robert
51. Chas
52. My Tennessee Mountain Home
53. Chicken Every Sunday
54. Mama Say a Prayer
55. I'm Doing This for Your Sake
56. Early Morning Breeze
57. Green Eyed Boy
58. Daddy's Moonshine Still
59. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man
60. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
61. Romeo
62. I Really Don't Want to Know
63. Islands in the Stream
64. Full Circle
65. Rockin' Years
66. Whenever Forever Comes
67. When You Tell Me That You Love Me
68. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
69. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
70. Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)
71. Lovesick Blues
72. I Still Miss Someone
73. I Feel the Blues Movin' In
74. Love Is Strange
75. Baby It's Cold Outside
76. When I Get Where I'm Going
77. More Where That Came From
78. Hush-A-Bye Hard Times
79. A Violet and a Rose
80. Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark