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 lot of poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time Some other fella's making nothing 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 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
[00:08.390]I can't stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high [00:22.134]I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine [00:30.393]I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to the mine [00:42.389]You keep me up just one more night, I can't sleep here no more [00:56.647]Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up 'till four [01:04.892]I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I can't work there no more [01:14.133]A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time [01:44.891]Some other fella's making nothing at all and you can hear him cry [01:53.392]"Can I go, buddy, can I go down take your shift at the mine?" [02:01.890]Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine [02:04.380]Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine [02:05.888]That's where I mainly spend my time [02:09.384]Make good money, five dollars a day [02:15.402]Made anymore, I might move away [02:30.389]Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues he can't win for losing [02:37.132]Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues [02:45.629]I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again [02:53.885]I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again [03:01.627]I don't know now, I just don't know if I'm going back again
