Song Description

Going Down Fighting is a fairly straight forward pop-rock song with a Wilco Johnson type guitar riff but with an acoustic interlude in the bridge.

Lyrics

I'm Going Down Fighting


Verse 1
Like a broken horse ready for the saddle
You left me stranded up the creek with no paddle
Though you'd like me to suffer in silence and bite my tongue
Even a condemned man has his say before he's hung

Refrain 1
I can feel the noose a-tight'ning
But I'm going down fighting
I'm going down fighting
I'm going down

Verse 2
Though I never had a chip on my shoulder
I recall ev'ry man I faced as I get older
I've taken more blows than Tyson in the arena
Though all the people I've fought have been ten times meaner

Refrain 2
I can feel the hound dogs biting
But I'm going down fighting
I'm going down fighting
I'm going down

Bridge
I've stood on the ledge
Balancing on the edge
With the crowd below baying for blood
You say "Change your view
For they know not what they do

Verse 3
You say to get on in life you must kiss ass
Well I'll leave you to do what you do and I'll just pass
Just don't try to tell me who to love or what to believe
I'll make my peace with whoever when it's time to leave
You ask why can't I be like all the others
Well I live I think I feel not like all those mothers

Refrain 3
Facing my fate can be fright'ning
But I'm going down fighting
I'm going down fighting
I'm going down

I can feel the noose a-tight'ning
But I'm going down fighting
I'm going down fighting
I'm going down

Lyrics by Paul Thomas