Lyrics:

Tombstone shadow stretching across my path
Tombstone shadow stretching across my path
Every 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 traveling, fly in no machines

Tombstone shadow stretching across my path
Every 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 stretching across my path
Tombstone shadow stretching across my path
Every time I get some good news, ooh, there's a shadow on my back

Oh, oh, Lord
Oh, Lord