Death Letter Blues

I got a letter this morning, "How do you reckon?" It read

It said, "Hurry, hurry, that gal you love is dead"

I got a letter this morning, "How do you reckon?" It read

It said, "Hurry, hurry, that gal you love is dead"

You know, I grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road

When I got there, she's laying on the cooling board

You know, I grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road

When I got there, she's laying on the cooling board

You know, I walked up real close and I looked on down in her face

Good old girl, got to lay here 'til Judgement Day

You know, I walked up real close and I studied her face

Good, good old girl, she got to lay here 'til Judgement Day

Looked liked ten thousand people standing 'round her burying ground

Didn't know I loved her 'til they let her down

You know, ten thousand people standing 'round her burying ground

Didn't know I loved her until they let her down

You know, I didn't feel so bad 'til the good Lord son went down

Didn't have a soul to throw my arms around

You know, I didn't feel so bad 'til the evening sun went down

Didn't have no soul to throw my arms around

You know, I cried last night and the night before

Wanna change my way of living so I won't cry no more

You know, I cried last night and the night before

I thought I'll change my way of living 'til I won't be crying no more

You know, it's hard to love somebody if they don't love you

Get no satisfaction, don't care what they do

It's so hard to love somebody when they don't love you

And don't get no satisfaction, don't care what you do

I got a letter this morning, "How do you reckon?" It read

It said, "Hurry, hurry, that gal you love is dead"

I got a letter this morning, "How do you reckon?" It read

It said, "Hurry, hurry, that gal you love is dead"