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
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