Album: Highway To Hell (1979)

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• (Yow! One, two)
  Out on the town, looking for a woman
  Gonna give me good love
  Anybody want to hang out with me?
  And maybe burn me up?
  She was standing alone over by the jukebox
  Like she's something to sell
  I said, baby what's the going price?
  She told me to go to hell
  
  Shot down in flames
  Shot down in flames
  Ain't it a shame
  To be shot down in flames
  
  Singles bar, got my eye on a honey
  Hanging out everywhere
  She might be straight
  She might want my money
  I really don't care, no
  
  Said, baby, you're driving me crazy
  Laid it out on the line
  When a guy with a chip on his shoulder said
  Toss off buddy she's mine
  Oh!
  
  Shot down in flames
  Shot down in flames
  Ain't it a shame, yea yeah
  To be shot down in flames
  
  Hey you Angus, shoot me, shoot
  That's nice, woo! Uh! Oh! Oh! Wooooh!
  
  Shot down in flames
  Shot down in flames
  Ain't it a shame
  To be shot down in flames
  
  Oh
  Shot
  
  Shot down in flames
  Shot down in flames
  Ain't it a shame
  To be shot down in flames
  
  I don't want to be in pain
  Don't want to be shot down in flames
  Ohhh Writer/s: ANGUS YOUNG, MALCOLM YOUNG, RONALD BELFORD SCOTT
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Dee from ChattanoogaYes Aussie we have to own the historical and current racism in US. Same as you have to own the same behavior in Australia against indigenous Australians. Horrific behavior which evidently is getting worse. You people are a**s for treating them this way!!!!!!
• Aj from TennesseeIn the songs opening, there’s a “whoa” then a scream. Who does those?
• Nancy from Baltimore, MdI love the song and always will.
• Joshua from La Crosse, WiFittingly enough, the NHL's Calgary Flames play this song's chorus (accompanied by a HUGE blast from a flamethrower suspended above the rink) whenever the team scores a goal during home games.
• Selina from Perth, AustraliaAh the frustrations of tryin to pull some1...haha...great song, i love the slides throughout the solo- so great :)
  Dudes, this is to comment on a song, jeez...
  But in history of great music, AUSSIE, fffff, Australia, you're right...and Roman, Denver, CO, dont take it personally
  Rock On
• Roman from Denver, CoHey Aussie...wear a hat, you're getting too much sun. Thanks for for broad stroke of your opinionated comment to apply to all "Yanks". Get help soon. I like to suggest Anger Management for starters.
• Aussie from Fffff, AustraliaSheer brilliance. It took a celtic Aussie to bring out this "Chuck Berry on Steroids" sound. But then Americans are that stupid and racist it took the British to sell blues back to the USA. Hendrix could only get a start as a session muso before moving to the UK. Yanks would not know good music if it bit them on the a**. Even if they did create it. The USA treatment of Black fellas was disgraceful and Americans would not lower themselves to listen to the Blues until the Brits said it was good and then Americans loved them . This is fact, read and listen to the interviews from the likes of Chuck, Little Richard and Bo Didley. You people are a**s for treating them this way!!!!!!!!!!!
• Mark from London, EnglandA live versiopn was issued as one of two tracks on the B-side of the UK hit "Highway To Hell".

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