| I haven’t had my fun
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| If I don’t get well no more
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| I haven’t had my fun
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| If I don’t get well no more
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| You see my health is fading me And I’m going down slow, yes I am Won’t someone please write my mother
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| And tell her the shape I’m in, yeah
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| Please write my mother today, now
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| And tell her the shape I’m in And tell her to pray for me Forgive me for my sins
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| Tell her don’t send me no doctor
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| Doctor can’t do me no good
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| Mother, please don’t send me no doctor
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| I found out the doctor can’t do me no good
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| it’s all my fault
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| I didn’t do things I shouldn’t have
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| On that next train south
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| Mother, you can look for my clothes on On that next train south, now
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| Mother, you can look for my clothes on And if you don’t see my body
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| All you can do is moan
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| Mother, please don’t worry
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| This may all be in my prayer
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| Mother, please don’t worry no more now
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| This may all be in my prayer, in my prayer
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| You can just say your son is gone, now
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| Out of this world somewhere |