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 youAre 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 moneyI knew I could count on you" After that night in VegasAnd the hell that we went through We went down swingin' Like Benny GoodmanYeah, we went down swingin' Yes we did 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 Yeah, she went down swingin' Like Glenn MillerYeah, she went down swingin' Like Tommy DorseyYeah, she went down swingin' Like Sammy DavisShe went down swingin' Like Sonny Liston