I've had my fun   If I don't ever get well no more   I've had my fun   If I don't ever get well no more      I know my health is failing me now   I know I'm goin' down slow      Won't somebody write my mother   And tell her the shape I'm in   I want somebody to write my mother   And tell her the shape I'm in      I want you tell her to pray for me   Ask her to forgive me for all my sins      Mother please don't send me no doctor   A doctor can't do me no good   I don't want you to send me no doctor now   A doctor just can't do me no good      Back when I was a young boy   Oh, I just didn't do the things I should      Mm, mm   Mm, mm