[Verse 1]
I got a letter this morning, what you reckon it read?
"Hurry, hurry, the woman you love is dead"
I got a letter this morning, what you reckon it read?
It said, "Hurry, hurry, the woman you love is dead"
[Verse 2]
So I grabbed her my suitcase and I head off down the road
When I got there, she's lied out on the coolin' board
Yeah, I grabbed her my suitcase and I headed out down the road
When I got there, she was laid out on that coolin' board
[Verse 3]
Well, I walked right up and looked down on her face
Said, "Good God, gal, you gonna lay there 'til judgment day"
Yeah, I walked right up and I looked down right on her face
I said, "Good God, old gal, you gotta lay here 'til judgment day"
[Verse 4]
Well, it looked like to me ten thousand people standin' around
Didn't know I loved her 'til they lay her body down
It looked like to me ten thousand people standin' around the burial ground
You know I didn't know I loved her until I saw the sun go down
[Verse 5]
Well, I put my arms up and I swore too
I said, "Farewell, honey, I'll see you judgment day"
Oh yeah, and then I just walked away
I said, "Farewell, farewell, farewell, I'll see you on judgment day"
[Verse 6]
I didn't feel so bad 'til the sun went down
Didn't have nobody to throw my arms around
I didn't feel so bad 'til I saw that sun go down
You know I didn't have a soul to put my arms around, no
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 7]
You know I love you, baby, like I love myself
But if you won't have me, you won't have nobody else
I love you, honey, better than I did myself
But if you won't have me, you won't have nobody else
[Verse 8]
'Cause you know love'll get you to do things you don't want to
Sometimes love'll make you feel so sad and blue
You know it's hard to love somebody when they don't love you
No, there's no satisfaction, no matter, no, what you might do
[Verse 9]
I said "Hush, I thought I heard her call my name"
It sounds so loud, it sounds so plain
Hush
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