Going Down Slow

by Aretha Franklin

From the album: Aretha Arrives

Track 10 of 11 on Aretha Arrives (1967).

Duration: 4:33

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Lyrics for Going Down Slow

I have Had my fun If I don't get well No more, hmm I want to tell you I'll have a big fall If I don't get well No more, hmm You see, my health is failing And I'm going down slow Yes, I am Now want you to do for me is Somebody write my father Tell him the shape I'm in, oh, yeah, oh Tonight but somebody call my father Tell him, tell him the shape that I'm in, oh yeah And while you talk to him Tell him to pray for me And tell him to forgive me for my sins, yeah Forgive me for all my sins Tell him that Early one morning To look for, look for my close home, oh, yeah Tell him that early one morning Look for, look for my close home, yeah You tell him just in case he don't see my body All he can do, all he can do is stand there and moan And I believe he can do, yes he can, yeah, yes he can, yeah Hmm, yeah, hmm, yeah, hmm, yeah, hmm, yeah, oh Early one morning I'm coming on home And I believe I'll make it there, yes I do, yes I do I tell you, I tell you that Early one morning, I'm going on home And I believe to my soul yeah, I'm gonna make it there, yes I do Oh, but just in case, he don't see my body Let me him know his child has gone out of this world Some way Right now I'm going down, oh, oh I'm going down real slow

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