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!