Oh, Cumberland

Fire on the asphalt L.A. freeway

Santa Anna windstorm come blow me away

'Cause this rear view mirror could use some adjustment

Some other reflection, some other place

Oh Cumberland, I'm a faithful son

No matter where I go I hear you calling me

The Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans

But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee

Lazy ol' river not a lick of ambition

Get to Kentucky then you roll on home

If you were a highway you wouldn't go nowhere

And I wouldn't be lost and all alone

Oh Cumberland, I'm a faithful son

No matter where I go I hear you calling me

The Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans

But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee

There's a stolen river in the San Fernando

Down in the valley in the shadow of greed

But I have a memory knee deep in salvation

That old muddy water that once washed me clean

Oh Cumberland, I'm a faithful son

No matter where I go I hear you calling me

The Mississippi's wide long, St. Paul to New Orleans

But my heart's resting on your banks in Tennessee

Oh Cumberland, oh Cumberland