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
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
