Death Letter

[Verse 1]

I got a letter this morning, what you reckon it read?

"Hurry, hurry, the one 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 for my suitcase, headed off down the road

When I got there, she's lied out on the coolin' board

I grabbed for my suitcase and I headed down the road

When I got there, she was laid out on that coolin' board

[Verse 3]

Well, I walked up right close, I looked down on her face

Said, "Good God, gal, you gotta stay here 'til judgment day"

Well, 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' 'round

I didn't know I loved her 'til the sun went down

Oh, it looked like to me ten thousand people standin' 'round the burial ground

You know I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her body down

[Verse 5]

I said, "Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul

I wouldn't mistreat nobody for my weight in gold"

I said, "God, have mercy on this man's wicked soul

You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, oh, for my weight in gold"

[Verse 6]

Well, I put my arms up and I swore too

I said, "Farewell, honey, I see you judgment day"

Oh yeah, and then I walked away

I said, "Farewell, farewell, farewell, I'll see you on judgment day"

[Verse 7]

You know 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 until I saw the sun go down

You know I didn't have a soul to put my arms around

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 8]

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, yeah

But if you won't have me, you won't have nobody else

[Verse 9]

'Cause you know love will make you do a thing you don't want to

Sometimes love 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, no matter what you might do

[Verse 10]

Hey, I said "Hush, I thought I heard her call my name"

It sounds so loud, it sounds so plain

I said, "Hush"