Shutters and boards cover the windows of the house where we used to live

All I have left is a heart full of sorrow since she said she'd never forgive

The house that we've built was once filled with laughter

But I changed that laughter to tears

Now I live in a world without sunshine oh I wish you were here

Shutters and boards...

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall

The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall

But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears
When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers

I never did fit in too well with the folks you knew

And it's plain to see that the likes of me don't fit with you

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town one dusty street to walk up and down

Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound in a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

Down in the Delta where I was born all we raised was cotton potatoes and corn

I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt