Oh I love you baby, I love you night and day
When I leave you baby, don't cry the night away
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
I don't believe, I want to leave no epitaph for two

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
Don't want nobody to morn beside my grave – yeah

Oh, Mama Linda, she's out to get my hide
She's got a shotgun and a daughter by her side
Hey there, ladies, Johnson's free
Who's got the love, who's got the love to keep a man like me

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I'm gonna leave some happy woman living on
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
Don't want nobody to morn beside my grave – yeah

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to morn beside my grave
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to morn beside my grave – yeah

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