I'M IN A JAM JIM
(James Lunsford)

Buddy Starcher - 1966



 
I'm in a jam, Jim 
Won't you please come and help me out
Now it ain't that I'm out a-beggin'
Nor lookin' for a free handout
But I have my wife and children
And we're packed to leave this town
Jim, I've gotta make another kind of livin'
Since they shut the coal mine down

(All my life I've labored)
(You know I'm not the lazy kind)
(But I can't feed my wife and little people)
(A-workin' in a shutdown mine)
(I hate to leave my hometown)
(And say goodbye to my friends)
(But I'm shoppin' for a bright tomorrow)
(Can't you see I'm in a big jam, Jim)

(Instrumental Break)

I'm in a jam, Jim
Won't you please come and see me through
You know my paycheck, it's quit comin'
And all of my bills are due
And the landlord done give me notice
Be out of my house by noon
Now I've gotta do something about it
And Jim I've gotta do it soon

(All my life I've labored)
(You know I'm not the lazy kind)
(But I can't feed my wife and little people)
(A-workin' in a shutdown mine)
(I hate to leave my hometown)
(And say goodbye to my friends)
(But I'm shoppin' for a bright tomorrow)
(Can't you see I'm in a big jam, Jim)











(Contributed by  - September 2010)