He gave me a ring from a guitar string, that's nothing now I'm feeling unwell, though in time I know I'm gonna be better I don't care what your mother says, I don't care who your father is I'm going down, down, down, unfamiliar ground Down, down, down Until then the wind and the road is what I've got, and that's medicine So leave the red earth, yellow brittle grass behind, even your old crocodile Let go of everything I'm going down, down, down, unfamiliar ground Down, down, down I'm going down, down, down, unfamiliar ground Down, down, down Can't keep those rings, all those silver pretty strings in tune forever You can't keep those rings, all those silver pretty strings in tune forever I don't care what your mother says, I don't care who your father is I'm going down, down, down, unfamiliar ground Down, down, down Down, down, down, unfamiliar ground Down, down, down