Dolly Parton — Blackie Kentucky

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 miss you But there are other places in the world I'd like to see So I must take this chance to be something more than nothing But I'll always hold you in my memory But I've never registered this sociable living 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 luck, 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 hard-workin' 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 Now I've left him a note and in the morning he'll find it It's my last request and he can't refuse me I told him to bury me back in Blackie, Kentucky Where my family and my friends can come and visit me Blackie, Kentucky, I'm coming' 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