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