Last night as I lay me down in bed   Over and over I heard the last words my woman said   Take me with you, I'm so lonesome   But I choose to leave instead      Yesterday, she came to me and held my hand   Said she was blue and oh so lonesome   And would I try to understand   I didn't know till this morning   How much my woman means to me      This morning when I got home, she was not there   I noticed her clothes were gone   And a little note lay on my shelf   Said as you read this, I love you still   But I'll be gone, I don't know where      Today I got the blues and I got 'em bad   Last night as I lay sleeping   My conscious will not go to rest   Yesterday I lost the best woman I ever had      One of these days, can't say where and I don't know when   It may be in time, it may be soon   It may be in a place I've never been   But I'm gonna find that fine woman   And together with her again