DEATH LETEER

I got a letter this morning Won't you reckon it read Hurry hurry, the woman you love is dead I got a letter this morning Won't you reckon it read It said, hurry hurry The woman you love is dead So I grabbed my suitcase I took off down the road When I got there She's lying down on a piece of board I grabbed my suitcase And I headed down the road When I got there She's lying down on a piece of board Well I walked right close, looked down on her face And I said “Good girl, you'll have to lay here 'till Judgment Day” Well I walked right close, looked right down on her face I said “Good girl, you'll have to lay here 'till Judgment Day” Didn't know that ten thousand people were standing around I didn't know that I love her 'till they laid her body down Didn't know that ten thousand people were standing around You know I didn't know that I love her, 'till they laid her body down I said “Lord, have mercy on this man's wicked soul” I said “God, have mercy on this man's wicked soul” You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, oh, for my little girl Well I put my palms upon her, and I swore too I said “Farewell honey, I'll see you on Judgment Day” Oooh yeah, and then I walked away I said “Farewell farewell farewell, I'll see you on Judgment Day” No, I didn't feel so bad, 'till I see the sun go down Didn't have nobody to throw my arms around I didn't feel so bad, until I saw the sun go down You know, I didn't have a soul to put my arms around I love you baby like I love myself But if you won't have me you won't have nobody else I love you honey better than I did myself, yeah But if you won't have me you won't have nobody else Cause you know love will make you do things you don't want to do Sometimes love will make you feel so sad and blue You know it's hard to love somebody when they don't love you No there's no satisfaction no matter what you might do Yeah, I said “Hush! I thought I heard her call my name” You sound so loud, you sound so loud I said “Hush!”