My bread is on the table, my coffee’s getting cold Mama’s in the kitchen getting sweet daddy told You don’t know, you don’t know my mind— You see me laughing , laughing just to keep from crying.
I’m walking down the levy, with my head hanging low Looking for my sweet daddy, Lord, he ain’t here no more Now you don’t know, you don’t know my mind You see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying.
I worked all the summer, and part of the fall Come home for Christmas in my old overalls Now you don’t know, you don’t know my mind When you see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying.
Well I’m not good looking, I don’t dress fine But I’m the kind of woman who will take her time You don’t know, you don’t know my mind When you see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying.
I cannot forge no wheel, I can’t shape no fly But I can do anything if you show me how You don’t know, you don’t know my mind Now when you see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying.
You don’t know, you don’t know, you don’t know my mind, doggonit You don’t know, you don’t know my mind Now when you see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying-- When you see me laughing, laughing just to keep from crying.