Go Down Swingin'

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Kickin' and screamin'
 Only way I learn
 I'm afraid of my own shadow
 Not the bridge around the turn
 Well, I lost myself and found myself
 While you were kissin' ass
 And I know it's not your nature
 Just to let me pass
 So I'm gonna go down swingin'
 Singin' till the end
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 You and me and your best friend
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 Upper cut and two left jabs
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 With everything I have
 Sometimes I am a predator
 Prowlin' for my life
 Other times I am a field mouse
 Running for the sides
 Of the biggest, flattest corn field
 Bigger than my Indiana home
 'Til the harvest comes along
 And leaves my tiny bones
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 Singin' till the end
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 Like the Duke recommends
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 For the bleachers in left field
 I'm gonna go down swingin'
 Like a blade of steel
 There's a scarecrow scarin' nothin'
 Trumpet player in the barn
 And he's puffin' both his cheeks out
 And he's liftin' both his arms
 As he blows his notes to heaven
 As the preacher dunks you in
 And all along the river
 The air is sweet as sin
 I wanna go down singin'
 Hallelujah Gabriel
 I wanna go down singin'
 Oh, you play the blues so well
 I wanna go down swingin'
 Now, three sheets to the wind
 I wanna go down swingin'
 Punch drunk to the end, yeah
 Go down swingin'
 Go down swingin'
 Go down swingin', baby
 

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Duration
03:40
Key
11
Tempo
90 BPM

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