Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path. 
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path. 
Ev'ry 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 trav'lin', 
Fly in no machines. 
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path. 
Ev'ry 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, stretchin' across my path. 
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path. 
Ev'ry time 
I get some good news, 
Ooh, There's a shadow on my back. 
Oh, oh, Lord! 
Oh, Lord!