[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

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