Payday Payday
Oh, payday
Payday at Coal Creek in the morn
Payday at Coal Creek in the morn

Payday
Payday
Oh, payday
Payday don’t come at Coal Creek no more
Payday don’t co–me no more.

Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Oh, bye-bye
Bye-bye my woman, I’m gone
Bye-bye my woman, I’m gone

You’ll miss me
You’ll miss me
You’ll miss me
You’ll miss me when I’m gone
You’ll miss me when I’m gone

I’m a poor boy
I’m a poor boy
I’m a poor boy
I’m a poor boy and a long way from home
I’m a poor boy and a long way from home

Easy rider
No, easy rider
Oh, easy rider
Oh, easy rider, but you’ll leave that rail sometime
Easy rider, but you’ll leave that rail sometime