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Cumberland Blues
Dead & Company
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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
Gotta get down to the mine
Can you keep me up just one more night?
I can't sleep here no more
Little ol' Ben clock says quarter to eight
You kept me up 'til four
I gotta get down, I gotta get down
Well, I can't work here no more
Lotta 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
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