Mother, please don't send me no doctor
I know my health is failin' me now
And tell her the shape I'm in
A doctor can't do me no good
Back, when I was a young boy, oh
Ask her to forgive me for all my sin
I want you to tell her to pray for me
Doctor just can't do me no good
I don't want you to send me no doctor now
I want somebody to write my mother
I know that I'm goin' down slow
I've had my fun
Tell her the shape I'm in
If I don't ever get well no more
Won't somebody write my mother