Hangin` on to every nickel and every dime never had a dollar to call mine
I gotta work tomorrow just to pay for the day
Well I worked all that I can stand now I long for the day
Then I can sleep in my white satin bed with a red velvet pillow for my head
They`ll lower me into my grave with gropes of gold and bread
And I`ll sleep for eternity in my white satin bed
Well I never had no soft warm bed before just a cold park bench or a boxcar floor
Thumbin` north to the coal mines or south to cotton fields
Oh hangin` on it won`t be long till I`ll know how it feels
To sleep in my white satin bed...
Yes I`ll sleep for eternity in my white satin bed