 Genius Lyrics
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Saturday Night Special
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Although the song “Saturday Night Special” is somewhat anti-firearm, Lynyrd Skynyrd is more focused on the results of so called “Saturday Night Specials”, or cheap handguns that
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday's Gone
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“Tuesday’s Gone” was written by the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie van Zant, and guitarist Allen Collins. The song was written after Ronnie van Zant realized that life would
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell
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“That Smell” was written about guitarist Gary Rossington’s struggles with drugs and alcohol. He and fellow guitarist Allen Collins were both involved in separate auto accidents in
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Ballad of Curtis Loew
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A song about an old man who inspired a young boy through music
Some also view it as a song written to tribute the great black blues players who never reached fame because of their
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Double Trouble
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[Verse 1] / Eleven times I been busted, eleven times I been to jail / Some of the times I been there, nobody could go my bail / Well it seems to me, Lord that, this ol' boy just
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – On the Hunt
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[Verse 1] / I said baby mama, I don't know your name / But I said baby, sugar I can play your game / Every night when we leave the hall / I see you hanging around / You wanna ride
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – I Ain't the One
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[Verse 1] / Now, I'll tell you plainly baby / What I plan to do / Say I may be crazy, woman / But I ain't no fool / Your daddy is rich, mama / You're overdue / Now I ain't the one
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
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A classic situation of hitting on the wrong girl and facing consequences from the scary boyfriend.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s partying is told in great detail in their VH1 Behind The Music
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Searching
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[Intro] / I asked the wiseman one sunny day / Can you help me find my way / You're so much older and wiser too / Would you help me mr wiseman / I'm feeling blue / Oh I'm not
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – That's How I Like It
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[Intro] / Let me tell you / [Verse 1] / Where I come from it's grits and gravy not champagne and caviar / Got pickup trucks, there is no mercedes, that's who we are (Oooooh.. Yeah
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Travelin' Man
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I was born a travelin' man, that's all I'll ever be / Moving around from town to town is what makes me so free / My father was a trucker for the years of 23 / And on the day that I
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
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On his 1970 album After the Gold Rush, Neil Young wrote a song called “Southern Man,” which described the racism in the South as he saw it after visiting there.
I saw cotton
And I
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Workin'
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[Verse 1] / Up every morning before the sun / Taking my loving on the run / Breaking my back till the day is done / I'm gonna punch that time clock and have some fun / Ain't no
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – All I Can Do Is Write About It
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[Verse 1] / Well this life that I've lead has took me everywhere / There ain't no place I ain't never gone / But its kind of like the saying that you heard so many times / Well
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Poison Whiskey
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[Verse 1] / Daddy was a Cajun, baby, raised on southern land / And so my kinfolks tell me, was a street-fighting man / Well, they rushed him down to see the doctor / Well the
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Eric Church – Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
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[Verse 1] / Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones, spelled with all 4 y's / Was born in 70-something, 'tween "Sweet Home" and "You Got That Right" / His mama met his daddy at a Tallahassee show
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Call Me the Breeze
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[Chorus] / Call me the breeze / I keep blowin' down the road / Well now they call me the breeze / I keep blowin' down the road / I ain't got me nobody / I don't carry me no load
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Crossroads
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I went down to the crossroads / Fell down on my knees / Down to the crossroads / Fell down on my knees / I said I'm beggin' for mercy won't you take me / If you please / I went
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Down South Jukin'
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[Verse] / Well, Billy Joe told me ,well everything's looking fine / He got the place all secure, got the icebox full of wine / He said, now hurry on all and don't be late / I got
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
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“Free Bird” is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, from the band’s first debut (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973). Released as a single the following
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – I Need You
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[Verse 1] / Ain't no need to worry / There ain't no use to cry / 'Cause I'll be coming home soon / To keep you satisfied / You know I get so lonely / That I feel I can't go on
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Trust
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[Verse 1] / I'd like to tell y'all a story / About a friend of mine / Who liked to drink good whiskey, oh Lord / And have a real good time / His woman, you know she left him / And
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – What's Your Name
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The last charting hit by the band with its original members.
Based on an episode in their tours, though not the exact sequence and location.
Charted at #13, and still has a
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Cry for the Bad Man
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[Verse 1] / Well, he walks so tall, to be so small / Never met a man who's stranger / He lives his life for a dollar sign / And to deal with him is dangerous / Well, he knocked me
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Workin' for MCA
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[Verse 1] / Seven years of hard luck, coming down on me / From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville Tennessee / I worked in every joint you can name, mister every honky tonk
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – I'm a Country Boy
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[Verse 1] / New York City is a thousand miles away / And if you ask me, I'll tell you that's okay / Well I'm not trying to put the Big Apple down / They don't need a man like me in
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Last Rebel
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[Verse] / There's a grey horse standing still / As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride / The rain pours off his hat / You can see the shadows of the past written in
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Woman of Mine
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Mornin' to you, love / And it's time to rise / Won't you roll it over / Show me that you're mine / And before I leave you lady... well I, well I must say / That I'm gonna' miss you
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Still Unbroken
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[Verse 1] / Broken bones, broken hearts / Stripped down and torn apart / A little bit of rust - I'm still running / Counting miles, counting tears / Twisted roads, shifting gears
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Jacksonville Kid
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This old town ain't been the same / Since this old boys been gone / Lord I still got some good friends / But I feel so all alone / All I hear is disco / See pretty boys with high
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Georgia Peaches
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[Verse] / Well, you can see her walking down on Peach tree Street / She got high-heeled shoes and a dot on her cheek / She's looking good, she's headed downtown / Ain't got no
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Back My Bullets
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[Verse 1] / Life is so strange when it's changing, yes indeed / Well I've seen the hard times and the pressure's been on me / But I keep on working like the working man do / And I'
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – T For Texas
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Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee / Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee / Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me / If you don't want me
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
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The fourth song on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1973 album (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd). Written by then-vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and lead guitarist Gary Rossington, “Simple Man” is a
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Things Goin' On
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[Chorus] / Well, have you ever lived down in the ghetto? / Have you ever felt that cold wind blow? / Well if you don't know what I mean / Won't you stand up and scream / Because
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Red White and Blue
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[Verse 1] / We don't have no plastic L.A. friends / We aren't on the edge of no popular trends / Have never seen the inside of that magazine GQ / We don't care if your a lawyer, or
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Floyd
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[Verse 1] / Floyd was a trapper way back in the holler / Made moonshine so he could make a dollar / Six feet tall, dressed in overalls / And wore himself a long gray beard / People
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