Steve Key: Songs/Lyrics

Along the Banks of the Cumberland

(Steve Key)

©2000

I could stare for hours at the Nashville skyline lights
All the pretty neon colors, it's like Christmas every night
Lookin' out from a back seat of a car that don't run
Along the banks of the Cumberland

I was headed down to Florida when my Buick broke down
I didn't come here for the music, this ain't my kinda town
But I been so long on the road I can't remember where I'm from
Along the banks of the Cumberland

CH: Along the banks come the Indian
Along the banks come the soldiers' guns
Built their fort and a capitol dome
Along the banks I call home

V2 (same chords as V1)
Now the man from the shelter says he's worried about me
Temperature's been droppin', tonight it's gonna freeze
But I decline his offer, settle in with a pint 'o rum
Along the banks of the Cumberland

'Cause there's people all around me sleepin' in a box
So I try not to worry about what I ain't got
I may be out of luck but I'm better off than some
Along the banks of the Cumberland (To CH)