TAKE A MESSAGE TO BODIE*
Take a message to Bodie, but don't tell 'em where I am.
Take a message to Bodie, but don't say I'm in a jam.
You can tell him I had to see the world,
Tell him that my ship set sail;
You can say he'd better not wait for me,
But don't tell 'em I'm in jail...
No don't tell 'em I'm in jail.
Take a message to Bodie, but don't tell 'em what I've done.
Please don't mention the stagecoach, or the shot from a careless gun.
Just tell him I had to change my plans
And cancel out the Reunion Day.
But, please don't mention my lonely cell,
Where I'm gonna pine away...
Until my dying day.
There a message to Bodie, but don't tell 'em all you know.
My heart's achin' for Bodie; Lord knows I miss 'em so.
Just tell him I went to Timbuktu,
Tell 'em that I'm searchin' for gold.
You can say he'd better find someone new,
To cherish and to hold...
Oh, Lord, this cell is cold!
BODIE! BODIE!
Oh, Lord, this cell is cold! (each word said very slowly)
*TUNE:
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY
sung my The Everly Brothers