Hank Williams Jr. - I've Been Down Lyrics






Blew my last twenty dollars on an Oiler's football game
I only lost by half a point nothing ever goes my way
Reaganomics and plastic people makin' good luck hard to find
All this stuff that's goin' down's really got me down this time

I've been down but not this far before
I've been kicked around but never out the door
I've been down but not like this before

Well the preacher man's a talkin' on the TV
He's beggin' for my only dime
I'd take another shot of whiskey
If I thought it'd get him off my mind

I've been down but not this far before...

I had to find a way to get some money
Never thought I'd go this far but It would mean living out on the streets
So I robbed a liquor store with my daddy's army gun
Had to shoot a cop coming out the door and now God I'm on the run

I've been down but not this far before...

Never this far before
Knock knock knock
Knock knock knockin' on the door





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  1. D.... S....

    The man

  2. C.... F....

    Drop a like if you truly hope Hank iii is doin alright

  3. C.... M....

    Blew my last 20 dollars on a Panthers football game, I only lost by a half a point, nothing ever goes my way

  4. N.... ....

    Ive been down, begging for my only dime, maybe hed understand if he only took the time to ratify the discussion with one reply wonder why

  5. S.... L....

    heading that way,

  6. S.... F....

    That's a very good song!

  7. M.... B....

    20 Navy, 14 Rescue Squad and Fire Department, Wrecked/Rollover a Fire Truck, Coma 7 Weeks Slow Starting But Steady Running Country Boy

    M.... B....

    Keep pushing my brother

  8. o.... s....

    When I play Hank it just aint the same as when you play Hank you know who you are...this kind of shit was made for people like me

  9. 8.... L....

    💛 Poor Hank💛 Were I Am =>> R.I.P. Cory ;{ I L0VE and Miss *U* My Sweet S0N💛💚💚💚💚

    8.... L....

    Hope things are getting better. A loss like that is unbelievable. Keep your head up. You aren't alone.

    8.... L....

    @Kyle Taylor TY >> It Is @ timez **

  10. F.... M....

    Hank Jr. is the greatest musician ever. The king of country music and the best song writer ever. In my honest, humble, analized opinion

  11. B.... ....

    This is one that I missed! Glad to have found it at this point in my life I certainly would not have understood this song like I do now! Missing this old country!

  12. R.... E....

    Man this song hits home got hurt on the job 1yr ago and it's been rough

    R.... E....

    You will pully thorugh brother just keep on trucking👍🇺🇸

  13. R.... E....

    Hank is a true county singer

  14. B.... D....

    I wanna know where that dude got his 🎱for $20

  15. R.... B....

    The poster of this video has a super faggot name.

  16. N.... N....

    A bottle whiskey and Sad Hank Williams JR on the radio will get u employing your mind into crazy dimensions

  17. T.... D....

    Damn need to of played this was getting soul n mind right with SR JR 3 n Holly but yea remember hearing this as kid n we still had Oilers team .

  18. K.... D....

    Hold true southern strong

  19. T.... F....

    been looking for this song for 42 years

    T.... F....

    been kicked around

  20. G.... W....

    Blew my last 20 dollars on a Titans football game.

    G.... W....

    U should have known better. 😢

    G.... W....

    *panthers hahahahaha

  21. A.... R....

    Now this is music for your soul

  22. f.... m....

    This tune sounds familiar, like someone stole this tune from Hank. I never heard this song before but the tune sounds familiar, not completely but I know someone stole it.

    f.... m....

    freddy martinez yea i feel the same way

  23. N.... S....

    American fucking made.

  24. G.... W....

    Grew up listening to Jr. these snowflakes today couldn’t handle him.

    G.... W....

    Gene Walker. The only snowflake i know evolved to a bear. How tha fuck he do that

  25. t.... b....

    In a way only Hank could do it.

  26. M.... A....

    He is the man

  27. T.... a....

    Great tune love hank way better than the bullshit music today.

  28. C.... A....

    I finally understand this song always liked it but now I know

    C.... A....

    Craft Abrams not a good point in your life when you really get the song

  29. S.... D....

    The best song Witter alive and talent is and under statement . Plays his lead and sings at the same time . Way to go man ur the best

  30. K.... J....

    Man this song just hit hard. Damn you life sometimes.

  31. M.... C....

    Can't hold the working poor down! We know how to survive!🤘

    M.... C....

    Mike Cip hell yes we do.

  32. F.... H....

    I've been understanding the situation Hank Jr has been singing about through out the years of my life

  33. R.... B....

    this man cheated death twice n is still kickin ! aint nobody ever told real life lessons like he does ! hank u tha man ! keep kickin it with ya rebel son kid rock !

  34. R.... T....

    Hope people are still here in 2019. 🇺🇸

    R.... T....

    Yes we are !!!

    R.... T....

    Ooh ya brother people are here

    R.... T....

    I stop by on the regular♥️

    R.... T....

    Will always return

    R.... T....

    You bet your fucking life we still listening in 2019

  35. T.... L....

    Ford is junk but great song

    T.... L....

    Toyota Lexus u drive a toyota bud

    T.... L....

    @Mississippi Mud Team ya the best....

  36. D.... N....

    This song really helped me through the hard times when I lost all my friends,and lost my license . I found out who really had my back. Thank you god for teaching me life lessons, and Hank for making outstanding music that heels the soul

  37. C.... N....

    Shit. I blew 3,400. Don’t give a fuck. I bounce back. I’m flubber

  38. O.... S....

    Hopeless

  39. S.... ....

    What year did Hank Jr play with Kid Rock at the OHio Center in columbus Ohio, thinking 1996

  40. S.... S....

    Low as I can go here.. I've hit the i don't give a fuck point.. everything had turned bad in my life there's no good left it's all been took away

  41. K.... G....

    I've been down and kicked around ..In the valley is where i live.I can't lie ,ant been down that low since knowing Jesus

  42. V.... ....

    Trump 2020. 🇺🇸

    V.... ....

    We love President Trump!!!

    V.... ....

    Viking hell yes bother

  43. W.... D....

    Hank is the man.

  44. b.... t....

    He's my favorite always has been

  45. D.... S....

    This is my song

  46. E.... W....

    Best godamn outlaw there ever was David Allen coe ain’t got shit on this ol boy

  47. C.... D....

    several generations late for some real Justice for our People & tribes

  48. t.... S....

    Not like this far before

  49. B.... S....

    love u hank jr

  50. J.... H....

    Great song one of many
    💯🎲💃😯

  51. S.... H....

    If hank aint been kicked out, he aint real.

  52. T.... C....

    Alabama sound... but it's only 1 true outlaw of country music... D.A.C

  53. T.... D....

    Feeling it now oilers reference loved though Sweeny RN4L.

  54. R.... M....

    My wife passed away in march2018 that's all I need to. Say

    R.... M....

    So sorry may God comfort you

  55. E.... H....

    Not like this before

  56. E.... H....

    I been down

  57. E.... H....

    Love this shit I been down!

  58. j.... l....

    Im drunk and i told i my wife i love her to this song

  59. V.... H....

    I'm HANKS number one fan he is all i like to hear. I even look like HIM

  60. j.... t....

    nothing going my way

  61. N.... S....

    GOD DAMMIT! He's plucking more strings than just those six.

    N.... S....

    PS Never shot a cop or anything. But lord have I been down deep.

  62. T.... S....

    Know, I'm down but still got a roof over my head. If nothing happens to make thinks worst I just might dig myself out. 58 years old, better get busy.

    T.... S....

    Tim Stoop hey it's been a year how's life going for you ,any better bro? if not play this song on repeat

  63. O.... %....

    I grew up listening to ole Hank as a kid and loved him and didn't really understand the meaning of these old songs. But now being a man in this shitty world, they hit home so bad it hurts. Love ole Hank Jr.

  64. R.... M....

    My wife passed away 2 months ago thank you Hank Jr your helping me get through this.

    R.... M....

    Rman Mccart may God be with u

    R.... M....

    @Daphne Campbell thank you so much.

  65. b.... f....

    One of a kind artist never duplicated, irreplaceable and flat out legendary and will forever live on long long after he’s dead and gone, in the hearts of those who don’t hear, but feel, music!

  66. R.... C....

    This is what I grew up listen to!!!! Country nowadays doesn't even come close to this all the modern so-called country singers need to listen and take a lesson

  67. E.... T....

    Chevy not a option..lol

    E.... T....

    I'm down and out the fucking door. I get it

  68. M.... L....

    There are some songs where Jr sounds a lot like his daddy. I like Jr but he isnt Sr. That's for sure

    M.... L....

    Michelle L go girl, thought I was the only one

    M.... L....

    Hank Jr doesn't have nearly as much talent as his father or his son. Hank 3 sounds just like his grandfather but ole Jr. just doesn't have it

  69. T.... W....

    Too much excepted for 9 hr lumberyard

  70. T.... W....

    Working too hard for 9 hr

  71. K.... H....

    Jeff's fav

  72. H.... I....

    it's weird how this is a sad song but it's the ONE song that got me happy again in one of the lowest parts of my life.....thank you ole Hank 😉

  73. s.... n....

    ONLY LOST BY 1/2 A POINT MY LUCK AS OF LATLEY

  74. R.... R....

    I'm living this song right now

    R.... R....

    God bless us both hope you made it to the other side

  75. J.... G....

    That shit. And a cold one my ole F-150. And shit gets Right

  76. j.... d....

    This so Justin

  77. T.... C....

    Hank is one the best classic outlaw country singers by far...fell down a damn mountain and exploded his face and other injuries....Real bad ass and F you who thinks otherwise! Texas made and raised god bless you all.

    T.... C....

    Cullman Alabama

    T.... C....

    Still owns a farm in needmore Alabama. Seen him and kid Rock several times on the hunting property. Smelled like good bud and a case of Budweiser's

  78. B.... W....

    He can play any instrument known to man. The man has more talent in his little toe than any singer out there now days

    B.... W....

    Damn right

  79. B.... S....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  80. J.... V....

    i have sure been down and it sucks bad

  81. J.... H....

    Hank is just hank fucked up on stage well consider where he came from u don't like it dont go c him he dont give a fuck either way

  82. W.... J....

    it does Hit really close to home

  83. Z.... n....

    Hank always has a way to speak to a persons heart with his music

  84. r.... a....

    ranae Wilson and Brian Hill sitting here sipping on a few loving hank

  85. J.... W....

    This song hits the spot especially when you're going through shit and so you drink your life away.

    J.... W....

    Jacob White took the words outta my mouth

  86. K.... M....

    I used to not like Bocephus, I didn't care for his 1980s futbolmania (how European, autocorrect!) stylings, but the more I delve into these darker lyrics, the more I'm beginning to appreciate at least some of his material. He is not his father, but he's still a hell of a lot better than his son, makes me ashamed to even say that I like hillbilly music sometimes.

    K.... M....

    Kegan Mahon the best outlaw country then...you can't compare radio back then to our CDs back then

    K.... M....

    Especially not since I was born in '89 ;)

    DAC's edgy albums were good, too, as well as anything by Townes van Zandt.

  87. R.... C....

    hank jr writes and sings the real life shit. he is the man

  88. W.... M....

    Boss Man.
    Well, you are speaking the truth.

  89. T.... G....

    this is meeeee all the way love u hank

  90. L.... S....

    God bless hank Williams Jr hella good man & singer

  91. C.... C....

    Never out the door

  92. D.... T....

    Glad I ain't a Lonewolf in being down. at least I'm past the fall. just gotta hang in there .. Sunshine is coming.. and I pray it shines on u Hank .. for getting me through the Blues like u always do! Glad ya still around ... God bless u and yours with joy and protection from all enemies and harm ... Country Boys Can Survive! hugs. Di!

  93. E.... M....

    no better than hank jr or dac

  94. r.... ....

    This is one artist I found to be better recorded than live. I guess because he was such a mess in those days that every time we saw him, he sucked. Once in '79 my buddies who were all older than me and riding Harleys, and I took seventeen people, most of them the hottest punk chicks in school to see Hank. I told my hot punker girl that I was gonna convert her and her Sex Pistols-loving sisters to outlaw country hotties. Well, Hank was so wasted we all got up from our third row-center seats and walked out. She made me pay by making me see the Dead Kennedy's. I got double-fucked on that deal. I do miss that girl though, she married a Samoan NFL player.

    r.... ....

    ranchodeluxe1 man all these new guy are ran threw machine s to make them sound that perfect I've got Hank Williams and Hank Williams jr on vinyl and that's nothing compared to seeing Hank jr live straight from the throught. this is is real country and if you can't stand hearing them any different then how they they feel that night then your fake and and need to listen to some Keith urban and Miley sirus shit head stuff.

    r.... ....

    ranchodeluxe1 well I'm sorry i didn't read your whole reply your right.

    r.... ....

    ranchodeluxe1 hahaha that's funny as fuck

    r.... ....

    Yep. He was wasted when I saw him back in the 80's. He actually fell off his stool on stage. Alcohol is a terrible drug.

    r.... ....

    made you go see the dead kennedys? that is fuckin dope! dont be a vagina!

  95. J.... A....

    Not many songwriters like this anymore!

    J.... A....

    Not any

  96. C.... g....

    Hank jr is a bad sumbitch, dude fell off a mountain and had a bad ass comeback doing the music he WANTED to sing. Nothing but 100% respect for this man.

    C.... g....

    Cole grace hell yes he is

  97. W.... P....

    I've been down