(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Hughie Thomasson - Rickey Medlocke - Mike Estes)
This is a story 'bout livin'
A tale of a long hard road
Ain't a whole lot of misgivin's
Of the things that I thought I sowed
My daddy was a real hard worker
He said son there will come a day
Talk ain't always cheap
And here's what daddy had to say
With these hands I've made my livin'

(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Rickey Medlocke - Hughie Thomasson)
Uhh Huh That's right
Missy was a real fine looker
Always had an eye for the boys
Man I always wanted to book that girl
Play around with some of her toys
I said, my my, oh can you look at them eyes
I said oh no Lord here we go
Don't you pretend you don't know
Bring it on
Yeah baby
Rumor says she from the bayou

(Johnny Van Zant - Chris Eddy - Bob Britt)
Way down yonder you can hear the wind blow
Through the tall grass growing in the old bayou
The old bayou
There's a dark haired woman that looks so fine
Wearing hand me down clothes, drinking homemade wine
No one ever knew who her daddy was
The people down here say it's all because
She's the daughter of the devil, the sister of a snake

(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Hughie Thomasson - Rickey Medlocke)
I've always lived my life like a gypsy
I can't imagine myself settlin' down
So please don't ask me to give up this life I lead
'Cause I love to feel those wheels go 'round and 'round
I can see it inside
It's my heart that sees, not my eyes
And if you listen close I'll tell you why
Home is where the heart is

(Leon Wilkeson -- Ronnie VanZant)

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
On the day that I was born his blood was left to me
I'm a travelin' man
Travelin' Man -- that's what I am
Travelin' Man
Travelin' Man
That's what I am

Travelin' man -- that's what I am

(Johnny Van Zant - Robert White Johnson - Donnie Van Zant - Pat Buchanan)
Alarm clock rings about a quarter after five
I've been up all night
Raisin' hell with some friends of mine
I take one good look in the mirror
But only one things gettin' clearer
The way I live, I'm lucky to be alive
There I go lying to myself
Said I wasn't gonna do it
Next thing you know, here I go again

(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Hughie Thomasson - Rickey Medlocke)
In this world that we all live in
Its all takin' and there's no givin'
Before its too late,somethings gotta change
Go to work every day for the dollar
Doesn't matter we're all blue collar
At the end of the day
Nothin' lost, nothin' gained
But its about time we realized
Its about time we opened our eyes

(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Hughie Thomasson - Rickey Medlocke)
There's a story to tell about days of old
A man and his gun, a street fighter I'm told
There's one in every town, tryin' to make himself a name
If he's quicker on the draw, comes glory and fame
They say he's always alone, he rides a horse with no name
His only friend was the devil by his side but it caused him so much pain

(Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant - Rickey Medlocke - Hughie Thomasson)
Here I sit all by myself
Wonderin' how she could put our love on a shelf
A crowd of people, they pass me by
But all I can do is hang my head and cry
Blame it on a sad song in the night
I don't want anyone but you to make it right
Blame it on a sad song in the night
Well, it's an old familiar feelin'

(Dennis E Sumner - Gary Rossington - Johnny Van Zant -Rickey Medlocke - Hughie Thomasson)
I can still remember I was eight years old
The first time that I picked her up little did I know
She's taken me to places that I've never been
Did my first gig in a rock-n-roll band
Berneice, sweet Berneice
Get a real job let the guitar go
There ain't no future in this rock-n-roll

(Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Brenda Russell)
You better listen my brother
'Cause if you do you can hear
There are voices still callin' from across the years
And they're cryin' across the ocean
And they're cryin' across the land
And they will until we all come to understand
That none of us are free
None of us are free
None of us are free if one of us is chained
None of us are free

(Johnny Van Zant - Robert White Johnson - Donnie Van Zant - Pat Buchanan)
Every time I think I got it all figured out
Then I draw a blank and my whole world crashes down
So many people have got it worse than me
But that could change tomorrow, ain't no guarantee
How soon we forget
To count every blessing
If you think you got it bad take a look around
How soon we forget
That life is one big lesson