Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' 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'lin'
Fly in no machines
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path

Every time I get some good news, ooh
There's a shadow on my back
Oh, oh, oh

The man gave me a luck charm, cost five dollars more
Said, "put some on your pillow and put some on your door"
You said, "take a long vacation, ooh
For thirteen months or more"
Oh, Lord

Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path
Tombstone shadow, stretchin' across my path
Every time I get some good news, ooh
There's a shadow on my back

Oh, oh, Lord
Oh, Lord

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Writer(s): John Fogerty