Cumberland Blues (Live at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England) [2022 Remaster]

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I can't stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high I can't help you with your trouble if you won't help with mine I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to, to the mine [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] You keep me up just one more night, I can't sleep here no more Little Ben clock says quarter to eight, you kept me up 'til four I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I can't work there no more [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, it keeps him happy all the time Some other fella's making nothing at all, and you can hear him cry, cry "Can I go, buddy, can I go down, take your shift at the mine?" [Chorus] Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine I gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine That's where I mainly spend my time Make good money, five dollars a day Made any more, I might move away [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues, he can't win for losing Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again