The Grateful Dead Lyrics
"Cumberland Blues"
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I can't stay much longer, melinda, the sun is getting high.
I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine.
I gotta get down, i gotta get down, i gotta get down to the mine.
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 'till four.
I gotta get down, i gotta get down, or i can't work there no more.
A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time.
Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all and you can hear him cry,
"can i go, buddy, can i go down take your shift at the mine?"
Gotta get down to the cumberland mine.
Gotta get down to the cumberland mine.
That's where i mainly spend my time.
Make good money, five dollars a day. made anymore, i might move away.
Lotta poor man got the cumberland blues he can't win for losin'
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 goin' back again.
I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine.
I gotta get down, i gotta get down, i gotta get down to the mine.
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 'till four.
I gotta get down, i gotta get down, or i can't work there no more.
A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time.
Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all and you can hear him cry,
"can i go, buddy, can i go down take your shift at the mine?"
Gotta get down to the cumberland mine.
Gotta get down to the cumberland mine.
That's where i mainly spend my time.
Make good money, five dollars a day. made anymore, i might move away.
Lotta poor man got the cumberland blues he can't win for losin'
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 goin' back again.
This song is from the album "Europe '72", "Workingman's Dead", "Trilogy", "Dick's Picks, Vol. 16: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Ca, 11/8/69", "Dick's Picks, Vol. 11, Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, Nj, 9/27/72", "From The Vault Box Set", "Dave's Picks Volume 14: Academy Of Music, New York, NY, 3/26/72" and "Dave's Picks Vol. 36: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Ct - 3/26 & 3/2".