Letras de Death Letter

I got a letter this mornin′, what you reckon it read?
"Hurry, hurry, the woman you love is dead"
I got a letter this mornin', what you reckon it read?
It said, "Hurry, hurry, the woman you love is dead"

So I grabbed for my suitcase, headed off down the road
When I got there, she′s lied out on the coolin' board
I grabbed for my suitcase, and I headed down the road
When I got there, she was laid out on the coolin' board

Well, I walked up right close, I look down in her face
Said, "Good God, gal, you gotta stay here ′til Judgement Day"
Well, I walked right up, and I look down right on her face
I say, "Good God, old gal, you gotta lay here ′til Judgement Day"

Well, it looked like to me ten thousand people standin' ′round
I didn't know I loved her ′til the sun went down
Oh, it looked like to me ten thousand people standin' ′round the burial ground
You know, I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her body down

I said, "Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn′t mistreat nobody for my weight in gold"
I said, "God, have mercy on this man′s wicked soul
You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, oh, for my weight in gold

Well, I put my arms up and I, I swore too
I said, "Farewell, honey, I see you Judgement Day"
Oh, yeah, and then I walked away
I said, "Farewell, farewell, farewell, I′ll see you on Judgement Day"

You know, I didn't feel so bad ′til the sun went 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 make you do a thing you don't want to
Sometimes love 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, no matter what you might do

Hey, I said, "Hush, I thought I heard her call my name"
It sounds so loud, it sounds so plain
I said, "Hush"