Well I wish I had a shotgun I'd tie it to my side Never me without the power To make a man do right Steady on my shoulders Standing in the wind Well I've been down before But I won't be down again And if I had a pony How fast I would ride Yippie-tiy-iy-ay With the shotgun at my side An outlaw to my foes A hero to my friends I've been down before But I won't be down again Well the days would be so easy The nights would be so slow I'd turn my pony south, boys And ride to Mexico My pockets full of silver To gamble or to lay Cause I've been down before But I won't be down again But I ain't got no silver No pony, no gun All I got's this hammer Like old John Henry swung Been ten years on this chain gang One more day, and then I've been down before But I won't be down again Now standing on this rock pile Of four and twenty men Well I've been down before But I won't be down again I've been down before But I won't be down again