Martin Butler: Music

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This was done at my friend Mike DiLalla's apartment in one take as a demo for sending to the copyright office. It will be one of the main songs on the next CD. It''s about my feelings regarding the passing of some of my old friends from the NY Punk scene and I hope, the beginning of a new musical direction.

Going Down Last © Martin Butler 2007


Michael went down on the side of that road
Didn’t see the truck coming with an overload
Eliot cried through his last few days
Couldn’t find his own face in the needle's haze

And when I go down, I'm goin' down fast
Yeah, when I go down, I’m goin’ down last

Johnny was a rocker in the New York band
Was a real Heartbreaker when he made his last stand
Dee Dee and Johnny told the truth in your face
Took a generation with them when they left this place

And when I go down, I'm goin' down fast
But when I go down, I’m goin’ down last

Days go by like an acid rain,
but I wouldn't trade one minute for a life without pain

So many, so young, so many, so young
And I loved them all, and I loved them all

But when I go down, I’m goin’ down fast
Yeah, when I go down, I’m goin’ down last
I’m goin’ down last, I’m goin’ down last
I’m goin’ down last, I’m goin’ down last