My sweetheart has gone and I'm so lonely

She said that she and I were through

So I started out a drinking for a past time

Driving nails in my coffin over you

I'm just driving nails in my coffin

Every time I drink a bottle of booze

I'm just driving nail in my coffin

Lord drivin' those nails over you

Every since the day that we parted

I've been so sad and so blue

I'm always thinking of you love

And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze

I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin

Every time I drink a bottle of booze

I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin

Lord drivin' those nails over you

Now you've turned me down you don't want me

There's nothing now I can lose

I'm just drivin' those nails in my coffin

And worryin' my darlin' over you

I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin

Every time I drink a bottle of booze

I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin