Tombstone Shadow Lyrics

TOMBSTONE SHADOW

Tombstone shadow stretchin' across my path.
Tombstone shadow stretchin' across my path.
Every time I get some good news, oh, 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, oh, keep my way from my tomb.

      Said I got thirteen months of bad luck,
      bound to be some pain.
      Don't you do no trav'lin',
      fly in no machines.
      Tombstone shadow strechin' across my path.
      Every time I get some good news, oh, 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, oh, for thirteen months or more.

Tombstone shadow stretchin' across my path.
Tombstone shadow stretchin' across my path.
Every time I get some good news, oh, there's a shadow on my back.

            - John C. Fogerty