Sock it to me...
Floatin´ in the river,
With a saturated liver,
And I wish I could forgiver 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 world gets round,
I´m goin´ down, I´m goin´ down.
I´m 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, 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´ve had another date;
I didn´t need this extra weight,
I wish that I could see the way to shore,
I don´t want no more,
Goin´ down, I´m goin´ down.
Now I see the life I lead,
I slept it all away in bed,
I should´ve learned to swim instead,
And now it´s really got me stumped,
I can´t believe, oh, why I jumped,
I´d like to get my tummy pumped,
I can´t believe they drink this stuff in town,
This dirty brown,
I´m goin´ down, goin´ down.
I wish I´d looked before I leaped,
I didn´t know it was so deep,
Been down so far I don´t get wet,
I haven´t touched the bottom yet,
This river scene is gettin´ old;
I´m hungry, sleepy, wet, and cold,
She told me to forget it nice;
I should have taken her advice,
I only wanna go on home;
I´ll gladly leave that girl alone,
What a way to spend the night,
If I don´t drown I´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,
And I stayed there,
Floating 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 never ever do this anymore,
I´ll give you three;
I´ve been down nine,
I´m goin´ down just one more time,
I´m goin´ down, goin´ down.
Now the sky is gettin´ lightm
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 swinging scenes,
I know I´ll know a better day;
I´ll go down groovin´ all the way,
Goin down, goin´ down...