Blackie, Kentucky

(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