Monkees - Goin’ Down lyrics

Sock it to me...<br><br>Floatin' down the river<br>With a saturated liver<br>And I wish I could forgive her<br>But I do believe she meant it<br>When she told me to forget it<br>And I bet she will regret it<br>When they find me in the morning wet and drowned<br>And the word gets 'round<br>Goin' down<br>Goin' down<br><br>Coming' up for air<br>It's pretty stuffy under there<br>I'd like to say I didn't care<br>But I forgot to leave a note<br>And it's so hard to stay afloat<br>I'm soakin' wet without a boat<br>And I knew I should have taken off my shoes<br>It's front page news<br>Goin' down<br>Goin' down<br><br>I wish I had another drink<br>It wouldn't be so hard to sink<br>I should have taken time to think<br>Besides I got the picture straight<br>She must have had another date<br>I didn't need this extra weight<br>I wish that I could see the way to shore<br>Don't want no more<br>Goin' down<br>I'm goin' down<br><br>And now I see the life I led<br>I slept it all away in bed<br>I should have learned to swim instead<br>And now it's really got me stumped<br>I can't believe why I jumped<br>I'd like to get my tummy pumped<br>I can't believe they drink this stuff in town<br>This dirty brown<br>Goin' down<br>Goin' down<br><br>I wish I looked before I leaped<br>I didn't know it was so deep<br>Been down so far I don't get wet<br>Haven't touched the bottom yet<br>This river scene is gettin' old<br>I'm hungry, sleepy, wet and cold<br>She told me to forget it nice<br>I should have taken her advice<br>I only want to go on home<br>I'd gladly leave that girl alone<br>What a way to spend the night<br>If I don't drown, I'll die of fright<br>My pappy taught me how to float<br>But I can't swim a single note<br>He threw me in to teach me how<br>I stayed there floatin' like a mama cow<br>And now I've floated way down stream<br>I know this has to be a dream<br>If I could find my way to shore<br>I'd never, never do this anymore<br>I'll give you three, I've been down nine<br>I'm goin' down just one more time.<br>Goin' down.<br>Goin' down.<br><br>Now the sky is gettin' light<br>An everything will be alright<br>Think I finally got the knack<br>Just floatin' here lazy on my back<br>I never really liked that town<br>I think I'll ride the river down<br>Just movin' slow and floatin' free<br>There's a river swingin' under me.<br>Waving back to the folks on shore<br>I should have thought of this before<br>I'm floatin' on down to new orleans<br>Goin' to pick up on some swingin' scenes<br>I know I'll know a better day<br>I'll go down groovin' all the way<br>Goin' down<br>Goin' down