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