1. As I took a drink down in Cumberland Road,
I met with a maiden so fair,
Full of giggles and sighs,
With the sun in her eyes,
And a ribbon tied in her black hair.
And I wooed her in haste.
She was up for the chase.
Arm in arm all that summer we strode,
Never knowing the pain
Of love's loss and love's gain
That summer in Cumberland Road.

2. When she took me home to her mom and her dad,
We were different as water and beer,
But with humor and joy,
They accepted this boy,
And the love in their hearts it was clear.
Though he tried to fit in,
There was always a wind
In the back of his soul blowing cold;
But there's always the past,
When he held the lass
That he met down in Cumberland Road

3. With the passage of years,
There was laughter and tears,
But above all severe growing pains;
Then the boy broke her heart,
And the lovers did part,
A train wreck with no one to blame;
And as I write this song
Some twenty years on,
I hope that there's one thing she knows,
That this boy's heart did break,
And it's all for the sake,
Of the lass down in Cumberland Road.
This boy's heart did break,
And it's all for the sake,
Of the lass down in Cumberland Road.