I got a letter this morning,
how do you reckon it read?
It said, hurry, hurry,
that gal you love is dead
I got a letter this morning,
how do you reckon it read?
Well, it said, hurry, hurry,
that gal you love is dead
I packed up my suitcase,
I took out down the road
I packed up my suitcase,
I took out down the road
And I was flying
But when I got there
That girl stretched out
on the cooling board
I walked up right close
And I looked down in her face
I walked up right close
And then I looked down in her face
I said, farewell baby
Honey, I'll be back to check on you
Judgment Day
Looked like a thousand people
Gathered round the burying ground
Looked like a thousand people,
all gathered round the barren ground
Well it didn't hit me that I loved her,
not till they laid her down
Down, down, down
It's so hard to love somebody
when they don't love you
It's hard to love somebody
when they don't love you
You can't get satisfaction,
I don't care what you do
I woke up this morning,
it was a breaky day
Just huggin' that pillow
where my baby used to lay
Yeah, I woke up this mornin'
about the break of day
Just huggin' that pillow
where my baby used to lay
Sometimes I thought I
heard her call my name
It was so loud, so nice and plain
She hurts,
I thought I heard her call my name
Oh, it was so loud, so nice and plain
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