Death Letter Blues

I got a letter this morning, how do you reckon it read?

It said, "Hurry, hurry now, your love is dead"

A letter this morning, how do you reckon it read?

It said, "Hurry, hurry now, the man that you love is dead"

Well, I grabbed my suitcase and I took off down the road

When I got there, he was laying on the cooling board

Grabbed my suitcase, yes, I took off down the road

When I got there, he was laying on the cooling board

And it looked like ten thousand people

Standing 'round the burying ground

I didn't know that I loved that man 'til they laid him down

Ten thousand people standing 'round the burying ground

I didn't know I loved him 'til they laid him in the ground

Well, I didn't feel so bad 'til that sun went down

I didn't have no soul to throw my arms around

Didn't feel so bad 'til that sun went down

I didn't have no soul to throw my arms around

Well, I went to my room and I bowed down to pray

And the blues came along and it drove my spirit away

Went to my room, I bowed down to pray

Yeah, the blues came along and it drove my spirit away

Well, I cried last night and I cried the night before

Gotta change my way of living so I don't have to cry no more

I cried the night before

Gotta change my way of living so I don't have to cry no more