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