"Cottonfields", karya maestro Elton John yang sarat nostalgia, membawa pendengar dalam perjalanan ke masa kanak-kanak sang penyanyi yang dihabiskan di "ladang kapas tua" Louisiana. Lagu ini membuka babak cerita yang sentimental, saat sang ibu lembut mengayunkan buaian di tanah kelahirannya yang sederhana. Dengan lirik yang sederhana namun mendalam, Elton John memikat pendengarnya dengan kisah perjalanan hidupnya yang penuh warna, mulai dari masalah kendaraan hingga pertemuan kebetulan yang mengarahkannya kembali ke kampung halaman yang dirindukannya.
Cottonfields Lyrics
Elton John
When I was a little bitty baby
My Momma done rocked me in the cradle
In them old cottonfields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cottonfields back home
Let me tell you now well I got me in a mess
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickety splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came along a nice old man
Well he had a hammer
Wait a minute mister, can you get me some direction
I'm gonna wanna be right off for home
Oh let them cotton balls get rotten
I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cottonfields back home
Well it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
You should have seen their faces when they seen how I'd grown
In them old cotton fields back home
My Momma done rocked me in the cradle
In them old cottonfields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cottonfields back home
Let me tell you now well I got me in a mess
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickety splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came along a nice old man
Well he had a hammer
Wait a minute mister, can you get me some direction
I'm gonna wanna be right off for home
Oh let them cotton balls get rotten
I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cottonfields back home
Well it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
You should have seen their faces when they seen how I'd grown
In them old cotton fields back home
