I've got a mind to give up living   And go shopping instead   I've got a mind to give up living   And go shopping instead   Pick me up a tombstone   And be pronounced dead      Well, I read your letter this morning   That was on your place in bed   Oh, when I read your letter this morning   That was on your place in bed   That's when I decided that I'd be better off dead   Oh, yeah      When I read your letter this morning   That was on your place in bed   Yes, when I read your letter this morning   That was on your place in bed   That's when I decided that I'd be better off dead      It read, "There is no use looking or ever hoping   Or ever hoping to get me back"   "Oh, no use looking, baby   Or ever hoping to get me back   Because it's all over now   And, baby, you can bet on that"   Oh, yeah