Goin` Down

<br>Sock it to me...<br><br>Floatin` down the river<br>With a saturated liver<br>And I wish I could forgive her<br>But I do believe she meant it<br>When she told me to forget it<br>And I bet she will regret it<br>When they find me in the morning wet and drowned<br>And the word gets `round<br>Goin` down<br>Goin` down<br><br>Coming` up for air<br>It`s pretty stuffy under there<br>I`d like to say I didn`t care<br>But I forgot to leave a note<br>And it`s so hard to stay afloat<br>I`m soakin` wet without a boat<br>And I knew I should have taken off my shoes<br>It`s front page news<br>Goin` down<br>Goin` down<br><br>I wish I had another drink<br>It wouldn`t be so hard to sink<br>I should have taken time to think<br>Besides I got the picture straight<br>She must have had another date<br>I didn`t need this extra weight<br>I wish that I could see the way to shore<br>Don`t want no more<br>Goin` down<br>I`m goin` down<br><br>And now I see the life I led<br>I slept it all away in bed<br>I should have learned to swim instead<br>And now it`s really got me stumped<br>I can`t believe why I jumped<br>I`d like to get my tummy pumped<br>I can`t believe they drink this stuff in town<br>This dirty brown<br>Goin` down<br>Goin` down<br><br>I wish I looked before I leaped<br>I didn`t know it was so deep<br>Been down so far I don`t get wet<br>Haven`t touched the bottom yet<br>This river scene is gettin` old<br>I`m hungry, sleepy, wet and cold<br>She told me to forget it nice<br>I should have taken her advice<br>I only want to go on home<br>I`d gladly leave that girl alone<br>What a way to spend the night<br>If I don`t drown, I`ll die of fright<br>My pappy taught me how to float<br>But I can`t swim a single note<br>He threw me in to teach me how<br>I stayed there floatin` like a mama cow<br>And now I`ve floated way down stream<br>I know this has to be a dream<br>If I could find my way to shore<br>I`d never, never do this anymore<br>I`ll give you three, I`ve been down nine<br>I`m goin` down just one more time.<br>Goin` down.<br>Goin` down.<br><br>Now the sky is gettin` light<br>An everything will be alright<br>Think I finally got the knack<br>Just floatin` here lazy on my back<br>I never really liked that town<br>I think I`ll ride the river down<br>Just movin` slow and floatin` free<br>There`s a river swingin` under me.<br>Waving back to the folks on shore<br>I should have thought of this before<br>I`m floatin` on down to New Orleans<br>Goin` to pick up on some swingin` scenes<br>I know I`ll know a better day<br>I`ll go down groovin` all the way<br>Goin` down<br>Goin` down