User:B137/High Cotton

High Cotton is the name of a song by Alabama from their 1989 album, Southern Star. The song was one of four singles on the album to reach number one on the Hot Country Singles chart.

Lyrics
The song is about a farm-family who seem to be doing all right, despite the apparent hardships facing the rest of the world in the context of the song. "We didn't know that times were lean Around our home the grass was green It didn't seem like things were all that bad." The song references some the morals and customs characteristic of religious farming families, especially during the olden days, such as taking Sunday as a strict day of rest, whether or not there was work that could be done. The whole fourth stanza of the song refernces this "When Sunday mornings rolled around We dressed up in hand-me-downs Just in time, together with the church Sometimes I think how long it's been And how it impressed me then It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work." It also glorifies a generally simple lifestyle of hard work. "I bet we walked a thousand miles Choppin' cotton and pushin' plows And learnin' how to give it all we had."

Music video
The music video consists of fairly modern (upon release of the song) footage of a farm, seeming to take place in the 1950's judging by the car shown throughout the video as well as the school bus. However, the John Deere tractor shown in the video conflicts with this, due to the fact that it is a model produced in the 1970's. The 1950's car that is seen in the video is being driven by the band members of Alabama, who seem to be observing with admiration the things they are seeing that relate to the context of the song.