Going Down by Don Nix, who played saxophone for the Mar-Keys – the band that eventually morphed into Booker T & the MGs
Says Google, his song, “Going Down”, originally released by the band Moloch on their eponymous album in 1969, has become a rock-and-roll standard, having been covered by Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, JJ Cale, Marc Ford, Chicken Shack, Bryan Ferry, Pearl Jam, Gov’t Mule, The Rolling Stones, Sam Kinison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Sammy Hagar, Joe Bonamassa, Sturgill Simpson, Fraternity, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and others. Nix released a version of the song as a single for Elektra Records in 1972.
LYRICS
I’m goin’ down, down, down, down, down, down
I’m goin’ down, down, down, down, down, down
I got my big feet in the window, my head is on the ground
Let me down and closed that box car door
Let me down and closed that box car door
I’m going back to Chattanooga and sleep on sister Irene’s porch
I’m goin’ down, down, down, down, down, down
I’m goin’ down, down, down, down, down, down
I got my big feet in the window, my head is on the ground
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