The people worked the land together
Orang-orang bekerja di tanah bersama
And we learned to count on each other
Dan kami belajar saling mengandalkan
When you live off the land
Bila Anda tinggal di luar negeri
You don’t have the time to think about another man’s colour
Anda tidak punya waktu untuk memikirkan warna pria lain

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
Kapasnya tinggi dan jagung tumbuh halus
But that was another place and another time
Tapi itu tempat lain dan lain waktu

Sit out on the front porch
Duduklah di beranda depan
In the evening when the sun went down
Di malam hari saat matahari terbenam
Willie would play and the kids would sing
Willie akan bermain dan anak-anak akan bernyanyi
And everybody would mess around
Dan semua orang akan main-main
Daddy’d bring out his guitar
Ayah akan mengeluarkan gitarnya
And play on through the night
Dan mainlah sepanjang malam
Every now and then ol’ Willie would grin and say
Sesekali Willie menyeringai dan berkata
“Hey, you play all right”
“Hei, kamu bermain baik-baik saja”
Made me feel so good
Membuatku merasa sangat baik

I remember the best times of all
Aku ingat saat terbaik
When Saturday came around
Saat hari Sabtu datang
We all would stop by Willie’s house and say
Kita semua akan mampir ke rumah Willie dan berkata
“Do y’all need anything from town?”
“Apakah Anda memerlukan sesuatu dari kota?”
He’d say “No, but why don’t y’all stop on the way back through?
Dia akan mengatakan “Tidak, tapi kenapa tidak berhenti dalam perjalanan kembali?
And I’ll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue”
Dan aku akan membawa Laura Mae, ya, untuk memasak beberapa barbekyu “
And you know that’s good
Dan kau tahu itu bagus

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was
Kapasnya tinggi dan jagung tumbuh baik-baik saja, ya memang begitu
But that was another place and another time
Tapi itu tempat lain dan lain waktu

Oh, the years rolled past the land
Oh, tahun-tahun berguling melewati tanah
And took back what they’d given
Dan mengambil kembali apa yang telah mereka berikan
We all knew we had to move
Kita semua tahu kita harus pindah
If we were gonna make a living
Jika kita akan mencari nafkah

So we all moved off
Jadi kita semua pindah
And went about our separate ways
Dan kita berpisah
It sure was hard to say goodbye
Pastinya sulit untuk mengucapkan selamat tinggal
To Willie and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah
Kepada Willie dan Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah

The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was
Kapasnya tinggi dan jagung tumbuh baik-baik saja, ya memang begitu
But that was another place and another time
Tapi itu tempat lain dan lain waktu
I remember so well
Saya ingat dengan baik
The cotton looked so fine
Kapas tampak sangat halus
But that was another place and another time
Tapi itu tempat lain dan lain waktu
And it felt so good, yes it did
Dan rasanya sangat enak, ya memang begitu