I have had my fun
If I don't get well no more
I have had my fun
If I don't get well no more
My health is failing me
And I'm going down slow
Please write to my mother
Tell her the shape I'm in
Please write to my mother
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her to pray for me
Forgive me for my sins
Tell her don't send no doctor
Doctor can't do no good
Tell her don't send no doctor
Doctor can't do no good
It's all my fault
Didn't do the things I should
Mother, please don't worry
This is all in my pride
Mother, please don't worry
This is all in my pride
Just say your son is gone
Out of this world somewhere