[Well,] I've had my fun, if I don't get well no more
['Cause] I've had my fun, if I don't get well no more
[Know] My head is spinning me, and I'm going down slow

Please write my mother, tell her the shape I'm in
Please write 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, if I don't just get no good [He won't do no good No, no]
Tell her don't send no doctor, if I don't just get no good [He won't do no good No, no, no]
It's all my fault, I didn't do the things I should
[Sorry]

Last stropha is missing
Driftin' and stumblin'
Like a ship out on the sea
Well, I'm driftin' and stumblin'
Like a ship out on the sea
I ain't got nobody
To care for me.