I went to the doctor, up the street I sat right down and he looked at me He said, "I hate to tell you but you come disease You ain't got nothin' but them old T.B.s" And I mmmm, T.B.s is killing me I used to have friends, but none of them that I can see T.B.s is killing me And it won't be long, 'fore some lonely graveyard I'll be I had a good girl an' a happy home But since T.B. got me she's left me all alone Said now, mmmmm, T.B.s is killin' me And it won't be long, before some lonely graveyard I'll be Now boys, these days and I'm just hangin' on And it won't be long before I'll be gone Said now, mmm, T.B.s is killin' me And it won't be long, before some graveyard I will be