Tombstone Shadow, stretching across my path.
Tombstone Shadow, stretching across my path.
Ev'rytime 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'ling,
Fly in no machines.
Tombstone Shadow, stretching across my path.
Ev'rytime 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, stretching across my path.
Tombstone Shadow, stretching across my path.
Ev'rytime I get some good news, ooh
There's a shadow on my back.
Oh, oh, Lord!