Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
You can put back my heart in its hole
But I've no courage to speak to your face
There be no wedding today"
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Right there in that jar?
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
I put the ring in my pocket but there was a note
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
There's a pain where there once was a heart
I was tremblin' as I put on my jacket
I'm sleepin, it's a beatin'
Pull your socks up, put your suit on
It had creases as sharp as a knife
For you will be wed in the hour
As she plied me with bourbon so sour
Oh, the gal I'm to marry is a bow-legged sow
Oh mama, I'm cryin' tears of relief
Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
"Don't ya worry, get dressed", cried my mother
Comb your long hair down
It read, "Darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you
Can't ya please take it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar? Yep
It's today that's the day of the plunge
I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge
And my heart it jumped into my mouth
There's a pain where there once was a heart
