Goin' down, goin' down

Gonna find another way

Goin' down, goin' down

As my old man would say

Gotta shake that ball and chain

Gotta turn the wheels and go

Goin' down, goin' down

Gonna hear the music play

Gonna leave it on the floor

Gonna dance these blues away

When the good ol' boys start pickin'

Gonna turn the night to the day

Going down to the Rockdale

Gonna lay it all down for you

Leave your coat at the hotel

We'll be hanging in the old barroom

Lock the doors, feed the hounds

We'll be at least a day or two

Grabbed the bottle, make my rounds

Till there's nothing left to do

Glass jar with the money

Honey, how 'bout dancing shoes?

Going down to the Rockdale

Gonna lay it all down for you

Leave your coat at the hotel

We'll be hanging in the old barroom

I don't know if I'll ever go home again

The open road's got me thinking like a different man

Fifteen miles to the places we might go

So I'll lend my ears to the wind

Going down to the Rockdale

Gonna lay it all down for you

Leave your coat at the hotel

We'll be hanging in the old barroom

Going down to the Rockdale

Gonna lay it all down for you

One night to live for

And the sun will be rising soon