Lyrics:

 Chorus:

Down Grade Up Ahead, five miles long

Won’t you please shift into low gear

For with a heavy load of love, your heart will run away with you.

You better down gear while you can.

Verse # 1:

When I was a little bitty baby boy,

My Daddy told me, he said, “Son,..

When you meet a little girl with her shiney eyes of blue,

You better take it kinda slow, or she will get the best of you.”

Chorus

Verse # 2:

When I got a little bit older

I thought I knew the rules of the road

But I kinda lost my head and forgot what Daddy said,

And I plumb forgot the danger of the curves up ahead.

Verse # 3:

When I met my first true lover,

I thought she was the only one

But when she closed the door I had the pedal to the floor

And I found that all my troubles had only begun.

Chorus

Verse # 4:

Well, you can barrel full-throttle down the highway

If your brakes are cool, ‘cause you don’t care

But you better watch out, if your baby finds out

That you’re runnin’ in out of control and your heart is loaded for bear!

Chorus

 

© 1967 Greenwood Music Co. - BMI 336934