Floatin down the river
With a saturated liver
And I thought I would 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 round
Goin down
I m Goin down

Coming up for air
It s pretty stuffy under there
I d like to say I didn t care
But I forgot to leave a note
And it s so hard to stay afloat
I m soakin wet without a boat
And I knew I should have taken off my shoes
It s front page news
Goin down
I m goin down

I wish I had another drink
It wouldn 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 didn t need this extra weight
I wish that I could see the way to shore
Don t want no more
Goin down
I m goin 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 it s really got me stumped
I can t believe why I jumped
I d like to get my tummy pumped
I can t believe they drink this stuff in town
This dirty brown
Goin down
I m goin down

I wish I looked before I leaped
I didn t know it was so deep
Been down so far I don t get wet
Haven t touched the bottom yet
This river scene is gettin old
I m hungrysleepywet and cold
She told me to forget it nice
I should have taken her advice
I only want to go back home
I d gladly leave that girl alone
What a way to spend the night
If I don t drownI ll die of fright
My pappy taught me how to float
But I can t swim a single note
He threw me in to teach me how
I stayed there floatin like a mama cow
And now I ve floated way down stream
I know this has to be a dream
If I could find my way to shore
I d nevernever do this anymore
I ll give you threeI ve been down nine
I m goin down just one more time.
Goin down.
I m goin down.

Now the sky is gettin light
And everything will be alright
Think I finally got the knack
Just floatin here lazy on my back
I never really liked that town
I think I ll ride the river down
Just movin slow and floatin free
There s a river swingin under me.
Waving back to the folks on shore
I should have thought of this before
I m floatin on down to New Orleans
Goin to pick up on some swingin scenes
I know I ll know a better day
I ll go down groovin all the way
Goin down
Goin down

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