I have had my fun if I never get well no more.
 All of my health is failing;
 Lord  I'm going down slow
 I'm going down slow.
 Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in.
 Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in.
 Tell her to pray for me
 Forgive me for my sin
 For all of my sin.
 On the next train south  look for my clothes back home.
 On the next train south, look for my clothes back home.
 'Cause all of my health is failing
 Lord, I'm going down slow,
 I'm going down slow.
 All of my health is failing
 Lord, I'm going down slow,
 I'm going down slow.
 Feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
 I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
 I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
 I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
 I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow