I got a letter this morning
How do you reckon it was read?
It said "hurry, hurry" hey "your love is dead"
I got a letter this morning
I said, "how do you reckon it was read"
You know I said, "Hurry because the gal you love is dead"
So I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off, down the road
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off, down the road
When I got there, she was already laying on the cooling board
Well, I walked right up close, I looked down in her face
Good old gal, you got to lay here till Judgment Day
I walked right up close, and I looked down in her face
Yes, been a good old gal, she got to lay here till Judgment Day
It looked like there were ten thousand people standing around the burial ground
I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down
Looked like ten thousand people were standing around the ground
I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down
Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
You know it's so hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Won't get satisfaction
Don't care what you do
So hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction
Don't care what you do
Well I got up this morning
The break of day
Just hugging the pillows
She used to lay
Got up this morning
The break of day
Just hugging the pillows
Where my baby used to lay
How do you reckon it was read?
It said "hurry, hurry" hey "your love is dead"
I got a letter this morning
I said, "how do you reckon it was read"
You know I said, "Hurry because the gal you love is dead"
So I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off, down the road
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off, down the road
When I got there, she was already laying on the cooling board
Well, I walked right up close, I looked down in her face
Good old gal, you got to lay here till Judgment Day
I walked right up close, and I looked down in her face
Yes, been a good old gal, she got to lay here till Judgment Day
It looked like there were ten thousand people standing around the burial ground
I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down
Looked like ten thousand people were standing around the ground
I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down
Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
You know it's so hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Won't get satisfaction
Don't care what you do
So hard to love
Someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction
Don't care what you do
Well I got up this morning
The break of day
Just hugging the pillows
She used to lay
Got up this morning
The break of day
Just hugging the pillows
Where my baby used to lay