Ooh, I love you baby, I love you night and day

When I leave you, baby, don't cry the night away

When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb

I don't believe I want to leave no epitaph for two



Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I wanna leave some happy woman living on

Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave



Ooh, my Melinda, she's out to get my hide

She gotta shotgun and a daughter by her side

Hey there ladies, Johnson's free

Who got the law, who got the love to keep a man like me?



Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I'm gonna leave some happy woman living on

Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave



I said, oh na'n'na na, oh na'n'na na

Oh na'n'na na, oh na'n'na na



When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb

I don't believe I want to leave no epitaph for two



Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I wanna leave some happy woman living on

Woh, when I'm dead and gone

I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave



I said, oh na'n'na na, oh na'n'na na



Woh, when I'm dead, when I'm dead

Oh, when I'm dead and gone