So long, baby since you've been gone   I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man         Don't ever tell a dyin' man   You never meant to shoot him down   Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man   You never meant to shoot him down   Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me   Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more         Ever since the day you left this Earth   Can't keep a job, can't keep a job   Yeah, ever since the day you left this Earth   Can't keep a job, can't keep a job   A lot of people down at the agency been tellin' me   Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more         So long, baby since you've been gone   I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man   So long, baby since you've been gone   I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man         Don't ever tell a dyin' man   You never meant to shoot him down   Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man   You never meant to shoot him down   Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me   Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more         I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man   I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man   I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man