{"id":81,"date":"2026-05-07T18:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:54:04","slug":"goodman-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/goodman-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Man Downe by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2251576166&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John came into the studio and pretty much had this song ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                      Goodman Downe<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No! You can\u2019t keep a Goodman down<br>You can leave him freezing out in the rain<br>You can punch his eyes until he can\u2019t see<br>He will counter punch with great dignity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s alone at the top of the world<br>When he\u2019s in the unemployment line<br>He will tell you that life his is so good<br>His family finances are doing just fine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Inside he\u2019s dying but your eyes never see<br>His guts are churning, burning in effigy<br>Outside he\u2019s stoic a vision of calm<br>Insides exploding like a big atom bomb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No! You can\u2019t keep a Goodman down<br>His 401; the market chopped off its k<br>A motor home perhaps one day he might buy<br>He holds his wife at night whenever she cries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No! You can\u2019t keep a Goodman down<br>Although you vultures all have picked his pride<br>He defiantly stands in the rain<br>The good inside his heart you will never stain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John came into the studio and pretty much had this song ready to go. No! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}