| Oh, I love you, baby, I love you night and day
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| When I leave you, baby, don’t cry the night away
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| When I die, don’t you write no words upon my tomb
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| I don’t believe I want to leave no epitaph of doom
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| Whoa, when I’m dead and gone
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| I want to leave some happy woman livin' on
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| Whoa, when I’m dead and gone
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| I don’t want nobody to mourn above my grave
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| Old Mama Linda, she’s out to get my hide
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| She’s got a shotgun and a daughter by her side
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| Well, hey there, ladies, Johnson’s free
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| Who’s got the love, who’s got enough to keep a man like me
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| Whoa, when I’m dead and gone
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| I want to leave some happy woman livin' on
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| Whoa, when I’m dead and gone
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| I don’t want nobody to mourn above my grave |