My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonesome
She said that she and I were through
So I started out drinking for pastime
Driving nails in my coffin over you
I'm just driving nails in my coffin
Every time that I drink a bottle of booze
I'm driving nails in my coffin
Lord, it's driving those nails over you
Now, ever since the day that we parted
I've been so sad and so blue
I'm just driving those nails in my coffin
And worrying, my darling, over you
I'm just driving nails in my coffin
Every time that I drink a bottle of booze
I'm driving nails in my coffin
Lord, it's driving those nails over you
Now you turned me down, you don't want me
There's nothing now I can lose
I'm just driving those nails in my coffin
Worrying, darling, over you
And I'm just driving nails in my coffin
Every time that I drink a bottle of booze
I'm driving nails in my coffin
Lord, it's driving those nails over you
Yeah, I'm just driving nails in my coffin
Every time that I drink a bottle of booze
I'm just driving nails in my coffin
Lord, it's driving those nails over you
Lord, it's driving those nails over you