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Going Down Slow

Aretha Franklin

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Going Down Slow

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I have had my fun, if I don't get well no moreI want to tell you I've had big fun if I don't get well no moreYou see my health is failingAnd I'm going down slow, yes I amNow what I want you to do for meSomebody write my fathertell him the shape that I'm in, oh yeahOh early tonight will someone call my fatherTell him the, tell him the shape that I'm in, oh yeahAnd while you're talkin' to him, tell him to pray for meAnd tell me to forgive me, forgive me for all my sinsYeah forgive me for my sinsTell him that I'm heading on my wayLook for, look for me close home, oh yeahTell him early one morning to look forto look for me close home, yeahYou tell him just in case he don't see my bodyOh he can do, all he can do is stand there and moanAnd I believe he can do, yes he can, yeahyes he can, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohEarly one morningI'm coming on homeAnd I believe I'll make it there, yes I do, yes I doAnd I tell you, I tell you thatEarly one morning I'm going on homeAnd I believe to my soul yeahI'm gonna make it there, yes I doOh but just in case, he don't see my bodyLet me him know his child has gone out of this worldSome wayRight now I'm going down, oh oh, I'm going down real slow
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