
Gatesburg Ridge Lyrics
- Genre:Acoustic
- Year of Release:2024
Lyrics
I don't know what's good for me, I'm mining on Gatesburg Ridge
Digging iron until my hands bleed, for fifteen cents a day
Hey there mama it's 5am, I can't sleep I've got the Gatesburg Blues again
The corn has come down, the ground has froze
and the wind keeps whipping through my worn out clothes
The tax man came and he said to me, you owe me from old 33
He made threats so my woman ran, and tonight I've got nothing to eat
So I walked up on that ridge, to fire my old pot still
Fill my belly with 180 proof, to warm my soul and feet
Hey there mama it's 5am, I can't sleep I've got the Gatesburg Blues again
The corn has come down, the ground has froze
and the wind keeps whipping through my worn out clothes
Hey there mama, don't lose your head, gonna burn hickory until I'm dead
A storm's coming round, the mine has closed,
And I'm never going back unto my home