Discover the story of the song > Goin’ Down South – r.l. burnside

The protagonist is singing about a girl who has been trying to leave him, but he notices her footsteps on a bridge and decides to leave her first. He repeats that he's leaving her and doesn't care where she goes. When she asks him why he replies that there's always some other man around. He insists on leaving and doesn't want to be with her anymore.