One By One

I can't seem to stop cryin'

All of my fears have come true

My friends, one by one, keep on dyin'

Now I wish I was dyin' too

I read all your letters

Two dozen times since noon

I fear that I've been in this world too long

And you were gone from it too soon

I can't seem to stop cryin'

All of my fears have come true

My friends, one by one, keep on dyin'

Now I wish I was dyin' too

I put on that record

You used to dance 'round the room

In a crown of white roses

That I now lay down on your tomb

I can't seem to stop cryin'

All of my fears have come true

My friends, one by one, keep on dyin'

Now I wish I was dyin' too

Now I wish I was dyin' too