When the deal goin’ down and you gonna take your chance There’s always just a mystery that locks you in a trance No matter what the future brings you’re booked, and lawd you’re bound Be steppin’ softly when you know the deal is goin’ down When the deal go down and the noose is bein’ tied Aint no gettin’ round it, fade back and let it lie No matter what the future brings you’re booked, and lawd you’re bound Be steppin softly when you know the deal is goin’ down No matter what the future brings you’re booked, and lawd you’re bound Be steppin softly when you know No matter what the future brings you’re booked, and lawd you’re bound Be steppin softly when you know the deal is goin’ down Goin’ down Down, down I’m going down
