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 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 C**berland Mine
Gotta get down to the C**berland 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 C**berland 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 don`t know now, I just don`t know
If I`m goin` back again
I don`t know now, I just don`t know
If I`m goin` back again