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Swingin – Bio
Thomas Earl Petty
Born October 20, 1950 – Died October 2, 2017
American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.
“Swingin” – Note
… life knocks you down …
… that gives you two options …
… stay down …
… or get back up …
… 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 know 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’
yes we did

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
yeah, 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
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