Fields are deathly silent

Where the cotton used to grow

I'm a stranger in a land

That I used to know

A land a land I've not forgotten

Look away far away

Everything is changin'

'Cept some things inside me

I've hid them from the world

Kept them under lock and key

Like the sound of my mama's voice

Calling me back home

To the place where I belong

Far away far away

Don't know why I've left here

Look how long I've stayed

Far away far away

How'd I get so far away

Carved my name on Sunday mornin'

On a sweet magnolia tree

I cried when I walked away

It broke my heart to leave

Took that little piece of it

And put it in my pocket

I've lost myself a time or two

But I ain't never wants forgot it

Far away far away

Don't know why I've left here

Look how long I've stayed

Far away far away

How'd I get so far away

Far away far away

Don't know why I've left here

Look how long I've stayed

Far away far away

How'd I get so far away

How did I get so far away