Lyrics to
That’s How Things Go Down

This version of That’S How Things Go Down was released by Carole King in 1973.

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Here I am
Carrying the child of our sweet love
And you’re far away
That’s how things go down
But I want to see you again

Though I’ve known
Others in life who’ve made it on their own
I’m afraid
That’s how things go down
But I want to see you again

Hey, with each day that passes by
I pray that I will see you soon
And you will be here with me
To see the child being born

Safe and sound
All I can do is wait and hope that you’ll
Be around
That’s how things go down
I want to see you again

In the end
All I can do is wait and hope that you’ll
Be around
That’s how things go down
I want to see you again
That’s how things go down
I want to see you again
That’s how things go down

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides That’S How Things Go Down. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and That’S How Things Go Down by Carole King

The lyrics to That’S How Things Go Down are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Carole King in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to That’S How Things Go Down are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Carole King and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for That’S How Things Go Down back when it was created.

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