If You Live

If you live, your time will come Say if you live, your time will come So child, don't mess with that cotton sack You'll scratch your knees and bend your back And if you live your time will come If you live, your day will come If you live, your day will come So child don't play with those pots and pans They'll soon enough ruin your pretty hands And if you live your time will come If you live, a day will come If you live, a day will come When the sun will shine and the crops will grow And you think you're not gonna worry no more But if you live your time will come If you live, your time will come Say, if you live, your time will come So child, don't mess with that cotton sack It'll scratch your knees and a-bend your back And if you lived your time will come