Going Down Slow

I have had my fun if I don't get well no more,

I want to tell you I've had big fun if I never get well no more

See, my health is failing

And I'm going down slow, yes I am



Now what I want you to do for me is,

Somebody write my father, tell him the shape that I'm in

Oh yeah, oh for me tonight

Could somebody call ma father,

Tell him, tell him the shape that I'm in, oh yeah

And while you talking to him

Tell him to pray for me

And tell him to forgive me, forgive me for all my sins

Yeah forgive me for my sins



Tell him I'm heading on my way,

Look for; look for me close home, oh yeah

Tell him early in tha morning to look for, to look for me close home

You tell him just in case he don't see ma body

Cuz he can do all he can do is stand there long

I believe he can do, yes he can, yeah, yes he can

Yeah, yes he can



Mmmmmmmmm (along with instrumental break)



Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah oh

Early one morning

I'm coming on home

And I believe I'll make it there, yes I do, yes I do

And I tell you, I tell you that

Early one morning I'm going on home

And I believe to ma soul yeah I'm gonna make it there, yes I do

But just in case, he don't see my body

Let me him know his child has gone out of this world

Some way

Right now I'm going down; oh, I'm going down real slow