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