Working in the Coal Mine

Album: Working in the Coalmine (1966)
Charted: 8 8
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  • Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    Five o'clock in the mornin'
    I'm already up and gone
    Lord, I'm so tired
    How long can this go on?

    Da-da, workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    'Course I make a little money
    Haulin' coal by the ton
    But when Saturday rolls around
    I'm too tired for havin' fun

    Too tired for havin'
    I'm just workin' in the coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    Lord, I'm so tired
    How long can this go on?

    Da-da, workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    Five o'clock in the mornin'
    I'm already up and gone
    Lord, I'm so tired
    How long can this go on?

    Da-da, workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    'Course I make a little money
    Haulin' coal by the ton
    But when Saturday rolls around
    I'm too tired for havin' fun

    Too tired for havin'
    I'm just workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Goin' down, down, down
    Workin' in a coal mine
    Oops, about to slip down

    Lord, I'm so tired Writer/s: Allen Toussaint
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyAllen Toussaint died November 9th, 2015 while on tour in Spain. He was 77...
    May he R.I.P.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 17th 1966, "Working In The Coal Mine" by Lee Dorsey entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #90; and on August 28th, 1966 it peaked at #8 (for 2 weeks) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #5 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1961 and 1989 he had nine Top 100 record, with two making the Top 10, his other Top 10 record was "Ya-Ya", it peaked at #7 (and reached #1 on the R&B Singles chart)...
    May Mr. Irving Lee Dorsey R.I.P. (1924 - 1986).
  • Bubblesk from Memphis, TnWell shut mah mouth! I was starting college at Univ. of Kansas when this hit the charts & I loved it then and love it now. It's just super-funky and great to dance to. I loved Lee Dorsey's songs. Back in the mid Sixties at KU, I could get AM radio stations from the South that played lots of R&B like Dorsey's songs & the soul artists like James Brown & Wilson Pickett. But Dorsey had a funk to his songs that was irresistible to your sillier side. Dorsey was big in my hometown of Memphis too. Still love this song & it pushes my" soul buttons!"
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