Martin Butler: Music

This was done at my friends apartment in one take as a demo for sending a copy 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 by the side of that road
Couldn’t see the truck coming with an overload
Eliot cried through his last few days
Couldn’t find his own face in the needles haze

But when I go down, It won’t be fast
And when I go down, I’m goin’ down last

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

But when I go down, It won’t be fast
When I go down, I’m goin’ down last

So many, so young, so many, so young

And I loved them all, and I loved them all

But when I go down, it won’t be fast
Because 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