“Swingin”

… and she went down swingin …

Swingin – Bio

Thomas Earl Petty
Born October 20, 1950 – Died October 2, 2017
American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.

Dedication

“Swingin” – Note

… life knocks you down …

… that gives you two options …

… stay down …

… or get back up …

… Your Table Is Ready …

… Suicide is {Not) Painless …

… I hope George can get back up …

… [sigh] …

“Swingin” – Lyrics

Well, she was standing by the highway 
In her boots and silver spurs 
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon 
When a Cadillac stopped for her 
And she said, “Hey, nice to meet you, are you goin’ my way?” 
Yeah, that’s when it happened 
The world caught fire that day

And she went down swingin’ 
Yeah, she went down swingin’

Well, she was over twenty-one 
In trouble with the law 
And it didn’t faze her none 
She called her mother-in-law

And said I need a little money 
I knew I could count on you 
After that night in Vegas 
And the hell that we went through

We went down swingin’ 
Like Benny Goodman 
Yeah, we went down swingin’

Moonlight on the interstate 
She was ‘cross the Georgia line 
Looked out the window feeling great
Yeah, it had to come in time

And she said I’m never goin’ back
She said at last I’m free
I wish ma could see me now
she’d be so proud of me

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Swingin

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She went down swingin’ 
Like Glenn Miller

Yeah, she went down swingin’ 
Like Tommy Dorsey

Yeah, she went down swingin’ 
Like Sammy Davis

She went down swingin’ 
Like Sonny Liston