Lyrics: Jesse Fuller
Music: Jesse Fuller
Sung by Bob Weir with the Grateful Dead from the 1960s through to the 1990s.
Well this job I got, is just a little too hardNotes
Running out of money, Lord, I need more pay
I'm gonna wake up in the morning, Lord
I'm gonna pack up my bags
I'm gonna beat it on down the line
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Goin' down the line (goin' down the line)
Beat it on down the line
Yes and I'll be waiting at the station, Lord, when that train pulls on by
I'm going back where I belong
Yes and I'm goin' north to my same old used to be (note 1)
Down in Joe Brown's coal mine
Coal mine (coal mine)
Coal mine (coal mine)
Coal mine (coal mine)
Coal mine (coal mine)
Coal mine (coal mine)
Coal mine (coal mine)
Down in Joe Brown's coal mine
Yes I'm goin' back to that shack way across the railroad track
That's where I think I belong
Yes I got a sweet woman, Lord, she's waiting there for me
That's where I'm gonna make my happy home
Happy home (happy home)
Happy home (happy home)
Happy home (happy home)
Happy home (happy home)
Happy home (happy home)
Happy home (happy home)
That's where I'm gonna make my happy home
| Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | ||||
| ? Jul 1964 | Mother Mcree's Uptown Jug Champions | ||||
| studio 1967 | Grateful Dead (first album) | ||||
| 2 May 1970 | Dick's Picks Vol 8 | ||||
| 25 Apr 1971 | Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | ||||
| 24 Aug 1971 | Dick's Picks Vol 35 | ||||
| 24 Apr 1972 | Rockin' The Rhein | ||||
| 21 Jul 1972 | Download Series Vol 10 | ||||
| 21 Sep 1972 | Dick's Picks Vol 36 | ||||
| 27 Sep 1972 | Dick's Picks Vol 11 | ||||
| 28 Feb 1973 | Dick's Picks Vol 28 | ||||
| 10 Nov 1973 | Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings | ||||
| 2 Dec 1973 | Dick's Picks Vol 14 | ||||
| 23 Mar 1974 | Dick's Picks Vol 24 | ||||
| 11 Sep 1974 | Dick's Picks Vol 7 | ||||
| 18 Oct 1974 | Steal Your Face | ||||
| 11 May 1978 | Dick's Picks Vol 25 | ||||
| 7 Aug 1982 | Dick's Picks Vol 32 | ||||
Recordings from dead.net Tapers Section
Phil Lesh and Friends Digital Download Series
| Other Related Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
| 1989 | Doorway To The Angels | Juggling Suns | |||
Well this job I got, is just a little too hard
Talk about your money, Lord, I need some pay
Gonna wake up in the morning
Pack up my case
I'm gonna beat it on down the line
I'll be waiting at the station, when that train comes on down
Thumping on down the line
Well I'm goin' back to my same old used to be
Down in Joe Brown's coal mine
Yes I'm goin' back to my shack 'cross the railroad track
That's where I think I belong
Yes I got a sweet woman, Lord, she's waiting there for me
That's where I'm gonna make my happy home