Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path.

Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path.

Ev'ry time i get some good news, ooh,

There's a shadow on my back.

Saw the gypsy man, 'way down in san berdoo.

Said, i saw the gypsy man, 'way down in san berdoo.

Five dollars on the table, ooh,

Keep me 'way from my tomb.

Oh! oh!

Said i got thirteen months of bad luck,

Bound to be some pain.

Don't you do no trav'lin',

Fly in no machines.

Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path.

Ev'ry time i get some good news, ooh,

There's a shadow on my back.

The man gave me a luck charm, cost five dollars more,

Said, "put some on your pillow, and put some on your door."

He said, "take a long vacation, ooh,

For thirteen months or more."

Oh, lord!

Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path.

Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path.

Ev'ry time i get some good news, ooh,

There's a shadow on my back.

Oh, oh, lord!

Oh, lord!