Lyrics to
High Cumberland Dilemma

This version of High Cumberland Dilemma was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971.

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It’s been a little fever and maybe Bucky Beaver
Who made me pull the lever and leave once again
We chose just not to marry but go ahead and carry
All of our earthly goods and go to live out in the woods

Midnight on the mountain and you watch the clouds roll by
Country air’s appealin’ but there’s more than meets the eye
Meets the eye…

Moonlight on the cabin and you’re too damn cold to sleep
Your head turns from my pillow so I can’t see you weep
See you weep…Sarah sleep

Stoned alone together least the city streets have drains
Standing here ass high up in the rain longin’ for Boston
Once again

Sarah’s cold and hungry and the baby’s due any day
Stuck up in high country and it don’t thaw out ’til May
Here we’ll stay…

Mountain fever’s on me and tonight the truck broke down
Doctor in the valley but we can’t get in to town
He don’t come ’round

Sarah cried for Boston and her mother late last night
I reassured her everything was tight but I’m not sure that it’s all
right…

Midnight on the mountain and you watch the clouds roll by
Country air’s appealin’ but there’s more than meets the eye
Meets the eye.

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Jimmy Buffett has released many songs over the years besides High Cumberland Dilemma. Jimmy Buffett released songs from 1970 to 2004 spanning across albums like Down To Earth, High Cumberland Jubilee, A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean, A1A, Living And Dying In 3/4 Time, Havana Daydreamin', Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, Volcano, Coconut Telegraph, Somewhere Over China, One Particular Harbour, Riddles In The Sand, Last Mango In Paris, Floridays, Hot Water, Off To See The Lizard, Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, Fruitcakes, Barometer Soup, Christmas Island, Banana Wind, Beach House On The Moon, Far Side Of The World, and License To Chill. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jimmy Buffett.

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About Lyrics and High Cumberland Dilemma by Jimmy Buffett

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You can understand the lyrics to High Cumberland Dilemma if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to High Cumberland Dilemma" means the words set to the music of High Cumberland Dilemma, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to High Cumberland Dilemma and the lyrics to High Cumberland Dilemma are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to High Cumberland Dilemma, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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