Song Description

THIS SONG IS ABOUT A MAN LOSING HIS JOB DUE TO OUR ECONOMY, BUT IT'S A SONG ABOUT DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. IT USES THE IMAGERY AND METAPHOR OF A TREE BEING CUT DOWN.

Lyrics

I AIN'T GOIN' DOWN
Gene and Juli Reynolds

VERSE
Just outside the window
I hear them hit the ground
Branches from that old oak tree
My neighbor's taking down

Hell of a reminder
That all I've ever known
Was cut right out from under me
My job, this town, our home

CHORUS
Tomorrow we'll be movin'
Can't waste another day
Only work's out on the coast
Five hundred miles away
When the factory closed
It closed this whole town
But I'm different than that oak
Cause I ain't goin' down

VERSE
Upstairs in the nursery
I hear our little girl
My folks won't see her grow up
She's been their whole world

It's hard to start all over
Yeah some days it's real tough
But I've still got my wife and child
And I'll be damned if I'll give up

CHORUS

BRIDGE?
With every rip
Of that chainsaw
With every limb
That takes its last fall
I still know I've got all I need
A future that's worth fightin' for
With my family