Way up in the mountains by the timber line There's a run-down cabin you can barely find It's got a few provisions for a man to use But there ain't a thing to drive away the line shack blues With promises of springtime in a winter pay The foreman sent me here and here is where I'll stay He told me 'bout the peace and quiet and the view But he never said a thing about the line shack blues Oo, I'm all alone Up here where the sapphires and the coyotes moan Oo, it's lonesome too A man can loose his mind from them old line shack blues I'm just about as bored as a man can be I'm getting mighty tired of my own company I've told me every story that I ever knew One-sided conversation got the line shack blues Oo, I'm all alone Up here where the sapphires and the coyotes moan Oo, it's lonesome too A man can loose his mind from them old line shack blues I keep hoping maybe this is worth it all If I can only make it till the April thaw I tell ya partner there is one thing I know is true I'm never coming back to these old line shack blues Oo, I'm all alone Up here where the sapphires and the coyotes moan Oo, it's lonesome too A man can loose his mind from them old line shack blues A man can loose his mind from them old line shack blues