Tom Petty Lyrics

Album: Echo

Swingin' Lyrics

Well, she was standing by the highway 

 In her boots and silver spurs 

 Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon 

 When a Cadillac stopped for her 

 And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you, are you goin' my way?" 

 Yeah, that's when it happened 

 The world caught fire that day 

 And she went down swingin' 

 Yeah, she went down swingin' 

 Well, she was over twenty-one 

 In trouble with the law 

 And it didn't faze her none 

 She called her mother-in-law 

 And said I need a little money 

 I knew I could count on you 

 After that night in Vegas 

 And the hell that we went through 

 We went down swingin' 

 Like Benny Goodman 

 Yeah, we went down swingin' 

 Moonlight on the interstate 

 She was 'cross the Georgia line 

 Looked out the window feeling great 

 Yeah, it had to come in time 

 And she said I'm never goin' back 

 She said at last I'm free 

 I wish ma could see me now, she'd be so proud of me 

 She went down swingin' 

 Like Glenn Miller 

 Yeah, she went down swingin' 

 Like Tommy Dorsey 

 Yeah, she went down swingin' 

 Like Sammy Davis 

 She went down swingin' 

 Like Sonny Liston