Last Night I Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had - Lighnin' Hopkins

Last night I lost the best friend I’ll ever have

Last night I lost the best friend I’ll ever have

You know I went in to talk to poor mother about it

She said, «Son, that’s too black bad» (?)

She said, «That's a warning to you

You should fall down on you knees and pray»

She said «That's a warning, that is a warning to you, son

You should fall down on your knees and pray»

She said, «you should ask the good lord to forgive you

For be living this old reckless way»

And I holler (unintelligible)

Every morning, I’m talking about the break of day

Early morning, I’m talking about the break of day

You know that’s when I looks over on the pillow

Where that little girl, she used to lay

I call her, but she couldn’t answer me