Go Down Swingin' Lyrics - The Open Road - John Hiatt

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 

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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 

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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