ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — EE EE A G
EE EE A D
EE EE A C
C E
It’s a song about change and voting on election day.
Heraclitus is famous for his insistence on ever-present change in the universe, as stated in the famous saying, “No man ever steps in the same river twice.”
Plato argues against Heraclitus as follows:
How can that be a real thing which is never in the same state? … for at the moment that the observer approaches, then they become other … so that you cannot get any further in knowing their nature or state …. but if that which knows and that which is known exist ever … then I do not think they can resemble a process or flux ….
Written and recorded at Everhart Park in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
LYRICS
You know the time it getting late
An I can hardly, hardly wait
There ain’t much for us to debate
At any rate… can’t
Hang tight
Alright?
Again and again
You say “cool your engine — hang tight”
No maybe.. no might
Hang tight
Not in sight
Ad you stall feeling over righteous
Can’t you tel that I’m anxious
Ya know what would be good for us
The next departure — train, plane or bus
I’m sure… can’t
Hang tight
Tonight
How do I begin
Explainin’ I’m burnin’
Hang tight?
No maybe.. no might
Hang tight
Not in sight
LYRICS
Everything I read has got to be true
Everything I see has got to be true
How could I ever think of something new
How could I ever think of anything knew
The gossip factory
Taking over society
Whisper down the lane it’s all the same
Sister, don’t you think it’s really lame
How could you… knowing what you knew
Down and dirty’s the way you do
The gossip factory
Taking over society
Proverbs 6:16-19
Haughty eyes
Tongue that lies
Blood of innocent
Wicked hearts descent
Flight to evilness
To bear false witness
Anyone who so’s, sows…
Discord… Dis-chord
Praise the Lord
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers including the Alesis Vortex Keytar
Written by Don Nix
Made famous by Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, JJ Cale, Marc Ford, Chicken Shack, Bryan Ferry, Pearl Jam, Gov’t Mule, Sam Kinison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, The Who, and Led Zeppelin
INTRO
D D C G F D D
G D C G F D D
VERSE
D D C G F D D
I'm Going down, I'm goin' down down down down down
G D C G F D D
I'm Going down, I'm goin' down down down down down
A D C G F D D
I got my big feet in the window, and my head down on the ground
Let me down, and close that box car door
Yes, let me down, and close that box car door
Well, I'm goin' back to Chattanooga,
and sleep on sister Irene's floor
OK
I'm goin' down
Down down down down down
I'm going down
Down down down down down
I've got my big feet on the ground
Oh
I'm goin' down
Down down down down down
I'm goin' down
Going back underground
Oh let me down without a sound
Ooh Oh Oh
I'm going down down down down
I'm going down down down down again
You gonna miss me when I'm gone
Believe me when all your tears are gone
Solo
Yes, I'm going down, I'm going down down, down, down
I'm going down, I'm goin' down down down down down
Yes, I got my feet in the window, I got my head on the ground
LYRICS
Could it be that all my life
I’ve been waiting for you?
What was I thinking… a wife?
If I only knew I had you to purse
But, I digress….
The pursuit of happiness
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Enough suspense….
It’s my declaration of independence
The wondrous pursuit of happiness
Unalienable right, right?
What’s the story
Sounds contradictory…
To fight for peace
But, I gotta have a piece
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
