Lyrics Goin' Down - The Monkees

Goin' Down

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