Goin' Down Slow Lyrics

The song Goin' Down Slow is performed by B.B. King in the album named King of the Blues in the year 1992 .



Alright, alright.
Thank you so much ladies and gentlemen right here,
right here I want to tell you a little story.
This is about a country boy from down home.
This young man has never been north before.
I want you to listen to me, I got something to tell you.

He heard about Chicago.
He worked hard over here, made all of that money, 800 dollars.
After caring for his crop, he called his cousin in Chicago,
and he said, "Cousin, I'm on my way".
He picked all of that cotton.
I said this is about a country boy like myself, B.B. King you know.
So when he get to Chicago, his cousin meet him and bring him out to the club.
He said, "Set him up!", cous's payin' for.
Had all the go-go girls set up, waitin' up.
They carried him downtown and put him up in one of the pleasure hotels.
They brought him back out and said, "Set him up!", cous's payin' for.
His money got a little lighter, they lured him out from the Lute and brought him down to Robert's.
And then he said, "Set him up!", cous's payin' for.
And then the 800 dollars, bein' more money then my man had ever had, began to run out.
Then they moved him out and put him down with the ...
And then, ladies and gentlemen, the go-go girls would get fewer.
His friends was fewer.
All his buddies are startin' pa*sin' him on the other side of the street.
And then it happened all his buddies were gone.
And my man knew only one thing to do, it was getting cold there, like it is today,
you know what I'm talking about.
He went down to the railroad yard,
and one of the few ladies that had helped him to spent his money, came by to see him.
And she said "You fool!, you fool!", I wouldn't have spend your money, but the rest of them was spending your money so I decided to spend my portion too, you know.
But ladies, God bless 'em, wonderful something's aren't they?.
They always like to feel like they're needed, and she knew my man needed her bad.
He gotten sick, he's layin' down there under the boxcar.
Couldn't read so well, so you know if he couldn't read so well, he couldn't write too well,
you know what I'm talkin' about?
So this is a letter back down home, I know what I'm talkin' about.
It go like this:

I've had my fun, whoah, if I don't get well no more
Whoah, I've had my fun, people, ooh, if I don't get well no more
Yes, my health is faillin' on me now, people
Ooh, and I'm goin', goin' down slow

Yes, tell my mother, people, please tell her the shape I'm in
Ooh yes, tell my people, mother, tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her to pray for me, people, ooh, to forgive, people, my sins

Oohooh mother, mother I live alone with my prayers
Ooh, tell my mother, people, tell her this is all in prayers
Yes, if you don't see this old body, mother
Hey, you know I'm out in the world somewhere



B.B. King - King of the Blues

Oct 1992

  1. Miss Martha King
  2. She's Dynamite
  3. Three O'Clock Blues
  4. Please Love Me
  5. You Upset Me Baby
  6. Everyday I HaveThe Blues
  7. Rock Me Baby
  8. Recession Blues
  9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  10. I'm Gonna Sit 'Til You Give In
  11. Blues At Midnight
  12. Sneakin' Around
  13. My Baby's Comin' Home
  14. Slowly Losing My Mind
  15. How Blue Can You Get
  16. Rockin' Awhile
  17. Help the Poor
  18. Stop Leadin' Me On
  19. Never Trust A Woman
  20. Sweet Little Angel: Live Regal Theatre
  21. All Over Again
  22. Sloppy Drunk
  23. Don't Answer The Door, Parts 1 & 2
  24. I Done Got Wise
  25. Think It Over
  26. Gambler's Blues
  27. Goin' Down Slow
  28. Tired Of Your Jive
  29. Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 & 2
  30. I'm Gonna Do What they Do To Me
  31. Lucille
  32. Watch Yourself
  33. You Put It On Me
  34. Get Myself Somebody
  35. I Want You So Bad
  36. Why I Sing The Blues
  37. Get Off My Back Woman
  38. Please Accept My Love
  39. Fools Get Wise
  40. No Good
  41. So Excited
  42. Confessin' The Blues
  43. Chains And Thangs
  44. Eyesight To The Blind
  45. Niji Baby
  46. Blue Shadows
  47. Ghetto Woman
  48. Ain't Nobody Home
  49. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
  50. Five Long Years
  51. To Know You Is To Love You
  52. I Like To Live The Love
  53. Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
  54. Let The Good Times Roll
  55. Don't You Lie To Me
  56. Mother Fuyer
  57. Never Make A Move Too Soon
  58. When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
  59. Better Not Look Down
  60. Caldonna: Live Ole Miss
  61. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
  62. Play With Your Poodle (Solo)
  63. Darlin' You Know I Love You
  64. Inflation Blues
  65. Make Love To Me
  66. Into The Night
  67. Six Silver Strings
  68. Right Place, Wrong Time
  69. Many Miles Travelled
  70. I'm Moving On

Goin' Down Slow