Martin Butler: Music

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This is the song demo I used for copyrighting. One take in a living room with a cheap mic, no production, as long as the parts are there, it's all I need for that purpose. This is a story about absent friends from the New York music scene.

Michael went down on the side of that road

Didn’t see the truck coming with an overload

and Eliot cried through his last few days

Couldn’t find his own face in the needles haze


And when I go down, I'm going down fast

But 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 going 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


And when I go down, I'm going down fast

But 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