If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe

If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe

Rode into town and made me believe heâ??s spent half his life just a lookinâ?? for me

I thought he loved me but boy I was wrong cause he had his fun and we were over and done

If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe

If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe


I know you think heâ??s heaven sent but heâ??ll leave your heart all broken and bent
Trust me when I tell you to leave him alone cause nothing good ever came from Cotton Eyed Joe

If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe


Keep on dancinâ?? Iâ??ll tell you the tale about a tall, dark thing with eyes so blue
With a lookty look to every girl in town giving the other man just another rebound


I heard the story but it couldnâ??t be true till he rode through here back in â??02
He broke my heart and stole my soul makinâ?? me another victim of Cotton Eyed Joe

If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe


If it hadnâ??t been for Cotton Eyed Joe Iâ??d been married a long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go

Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe where did you go
Cotton Eyed Joe

Cotton Eyed Joe