Lord, grief will kill you, it will get you down to skin and bones Lord, grief will kill you, it will get you down to skin and bones And I said, no broad will be advertisin', Lord, after you are dead and gone I once grieved so hard, until I'd wake up weepin' in my sleep I once grieved so hard, until I'd wake up weepin' in my sleep But after you continue this life, boys, you'll be missin' down in some graveyard deep Women hollerin' 'bout nowadays they don't love nobody, don't worry about the man behind they left Women hollerin' nowadays they don't love nobody, and don't worry about the man behind they left Boys, you better watch them women, because they be strippin' it up between themself