Lynyrd Skynyrd

[fox69]

"Preacher Man"

"Preacher Man"


You know I'm dirty because it's in me
Life's not easy
And it's the heart that I won't change
I wouldn't be the same

You see me one day and then the next day
I don't wanna play
I'm not the same dog you have known
It's not written in stone

Well am I right or wrong
Lookin' out for number one
I never stay too long
I'm there and then I'm gone

I'm not the preacher man
Oh can you understand
It's a game of win or lose
I've got an evil eye
You know sometimes I might lie
Oh I'm not the preacher man
Yeah-Yeah-Yeah

Saint was a sinner
Ain't he a winner
And did you hear him say
I didn't lie just as well
It's all in the head
Oh ain't it funny
How little money
Cheap talkin' honey
Can turn a sunny day to gray

Well am I right or wrong
Lookin' out for number one
I never stay too long
I'm there and then I'm gone

I'm not the preacher man
Oh can you understand
It's a game of win or lose
I've got an evil eye
You know sometimes I might lie
Oh I'm not the preacher man

Aah aah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Aah aah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

I'm not the preacher man
Oh can you understand
It's a game of win or lose
I got an evil eye
You know sometimes I might lie
Oh I'm not the preacher man

I'm not the preacher man
Oh can you understand
It's a game of win or lose
I got an evil eye
You know sometimes I might lie
Oh I'm not the preacher man
Aah aah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Aah aah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

 

[fox69]

"Preacher's Daughter"

"Preacher's Daughter"


Well, just keep on runnin' mama, 'till you can't run no more
You no your sister told your mama 'bout the boy next door
Well, I see your sugar daddy comin' around the corner
I wonder if he knows your the preacher's daughter, oh no

Well, I seen you through your window, baby, many times before
Yeah there's a hundred different lovers knockin' on your back door
Well, I see your sugar daddy comin' around the corner
I wonder if he knows your the preacher's daughter, oh no

Well, keep on runnin' mama, 'till you can't get no ?
You're just a no good woman lord, I ain't lyin'
Well, I see your sugar daddy comin' around the corner
I wonder if he knows your the preacher's daughter, oh no

And I'm takin' about the preacher's daughter
Doin' what she hadn't oughta
Gettin' on down
With every stud in town

 

[fox69]

"Pure & Simple"

"Pure & Simple"


I used to live in a poor neighborhood
My friends and me we always had a time
Never had no money but we had it so good
Those days are gone and I wanna go back
So pure so simple
Never thought about it when you're young you don't care
You don't realize it 'till it's all behind
Take it for granted just not well

[chorus]
Oh-oh It was pure and simple
I'll remember those days 'till the end
Oh-oh God knows it's simple
If I could live my life all over again
I'd keep it pure and simple

Those days are gone and I wanna go back
Got me a feelin' I'm not alone
Wish I had a road so I could go back home

[repeat chorus twice]

 

[fox69]

"Railroad Song"

"Railroad Song"


I jumped off a boxcar down around Tennessee
I was cold tired and dirty hungry as I could be
But I had my guitar and a hundred railroad songs
So I asked the policeman
Can I stay here long
He said Mr. Hobo you got to go now
We don't want you around
See I'm trying to build a respectable town
And we don't need a hobo like you around

So I left that town, Lord with my guitar in my hand
Still cold and tired, kinda mad at the man
But this life that I chose to live, sometime's strange
See I'm trying to learn about the old music from ridin' the train
I'm a hobo I know, but thta's the price I pay
Guess I'll write me another song while I'm on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I'll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away

I'm goin' to ride this train Lord until I find out
What Jimmie Rogers and the Hag was all about
See I play this rock n roll and I think that's fine
But I wnta to go back a little further in time
I'm a hobo I know but that's the price I pay
Guess I'll write me another song while I'm on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I'll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away

 

[fox69]

"Raining In My Heartland"

"Raining In My Heartland"


Mud-covered cornfields starin' out my back door
The barn's leaning over now and that deer don't run no more
So much life before, now that dream is gone

When the factory burned down I moved up to the city
The school we all went to is a memory that got bulldozed
And the good times froze when that door closed

Main Street's still there but the stores are all empty
The car lot where my daddy worked is dirt and stone
The only thing that comes through here
Is stormy weather
And it's raining
It's raining in my heartland

We're packing them boxes for something better
Ran across my mom and dad's old love letters
And the photograph of this house that we're standin' in now

Let's stop by the church where we got married
Walk out back where your grandma's buried
And say goodbye one last time

Main Street's still there but the stores are all empty
The car lot where my daddy worked is dirt and stone
The only thing that comes through here
Is stormy weather
And it's raining
It's raining in my heartland

Some dreams just stop growing where you plant them
You gotta count your blessings and be happy that you've had them
Let's grab a shovel baby, dig us a new life

Main Street's still there but the stores are all empty
The car lot where my daddy worked is dirt and stone
The only thing that comes through here
Is stormy weather
And it's raining
It's raining in my heartland
Yeah, it's rainin'
It's raining in my heartland
Oh my heartland
Yeah my heartland
It's rainin'

 

[fox69]

"Ready To Fly"

"Ready To Fly"


Mama called this morning, said
'Son won't you come back home?
I ain't been feelin' good and
I know it won't be long.'
Don't keep me waiting
I wanna touch your face again.
Oh, what a good life it's been.

[Chorus:]
Now I'm ready to fly
I wanna see your daddy again.
I'm ready to fly
All my family and friends.
I know they're out there waiting
In a place beyond the sky.
I'm ready to fly.

Hard times of '69
The war was ragin' on
That's the reason my daddy left
And never made it back home
It was tough for all of us
But mama smiled everyday
Oh, it's so hard to hear her say.

[Chorus:]
Now I'm ready to fly
I wanna see your daddy again.
I'm ready to fly
All my family and friends.
I know they're out there waiting
In a place beyond the sky.
So, I'm ready to fly.

She made sure she'd never let us see her cry
But those tears on the pillow she couldn't hide

[Chorus:]
I'm ready to fly
I wanna see your daddy again.
I'm ready to fly
All my family and friends.
I know they're out they're waiting
In a place beyond the sky.

 

[fox69]

"Red White And Blue"

"Red White And Blue"


We don't have no plastic L.A. Frynds,
ain't on the edge of no popular trend.
Ain't never seen the inside of that magazine GQ.
We don't care if you 're a lawyer, or a texas oil man,
or some waitress busting ass in some liquor stand.
If you got Soul
We hang out with people just like you

My hair's turning white,
my neck's always been red,
my collar's still blue,
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you.
Yes you could say
we've always been,
Red, White, and Blue

Ride our own bikes To Sturgis
we pay our own dues,
smoking camels, drinking domestic BREWS
You want to know where I have been
just look at my hands
Yeah, I've driven by the White House,
Spent some time in jail.
Momma cried but she still wouldn't pay my bail.
I ain't been no angel,
But even God, he understands.

My hair's turning white,
my neck's always been red,
my collar's still blue,
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you.
Yes you could say
we've always been,
Red, White, and Blue

Yeah that's right!

My Daddy worked hard, and so have I,
paid our taxes and gave our lives
to serve this great country
so what are they complaining about

Yeah we love our families, we love our kids
you know it is love that makes us all so rich
That's where were at,
If they don't like it they can just
get the HELL out!

Yeah!

My hair's turning white,
my neck's always been red,
my collar's still blue,
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you.
Yes you could say
we've always been,
Red, White, and Blue

oh..oh..Red, White, and Blue....

Red, White, and Blue

oh..oh....Red, White, and Blue

 

[fox69]

"Rockin' Little Town"

"Rockin' Little Town"


MMmmmmm... That's right
Yeah...

Big bad machine still makin' the scene
Big wheels keep on turnin'
Step on the gas, gone in a flash
Rubber just keeps on burnin'
'Cause every night is a Saturday night
No Matter what town we're in
Open the doors, kick out the lights
Just let the party begin

We're just watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin good music, keepin' it alive
Slip in slip out, of your rockin little town tonight
Yeah that's what we do..

Get into town, lay our head down
Really ain't nothin' to do
Watchin' the clock, get ready to rock
We ain't no different than you

'Cause every night is a Saturday night
No Matter what town we're in
Open the doors, kick out the lights
Yeah let the party begin

We're just watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin' good music, keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out
Of your rockin' little town tonight

MMMMmmmmm...

So good to see you all again
I hope this ride we're on
Oooooh it never ends yeah...

OOohhh...

'Cause every night is a Saturday night
No Matter what town we're in
Open the doors Kick out the lights
Yeah let this party begin

"Cause We're just watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to boys like us
Makin' good music, keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out
We're gonna rock' your little town
Watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin' good music, keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out
Of your rockin' little town tonight
Yeah it's what we do...
Oohhh we'll see ya soon
MMMMMmmmOoooh
Yeah your little rockin' town

 

[fox69]

"Roll Gypsy Roll"

"Roll Gypsy Roll"


Ridin' on a greyhound, countin' those white lines
Destination I don't know and I'm feelin' like I'm dyin'
Well ten years on this road, my its took its toll
But the man with the plan says the band has got to go
I said roll gypsy roll
Lord just pick up your bags and go

Met many a woman on my way down the line
Every woman that I met I left satisfied
I made lots of money, just how much I don't know
But most of the money I done stuck up my nose
I said roll gypsy roll
Lord just pick up your bags and go

Gypsy's life's a story and its one that's never told
He's always hungry, he's always on the go
With no tomorrow, its how it seems to be
When you're moving around from town to town

Made lots of money just how much I don't know
But most of the money I done stuck up my nose
And maybe that's the reason I don't know where I'm going
I don't know

 

[fox69]

"Rough Around The Edges"

"Rough Around The Edges"


I knew a man a long, long time
But I never knew him at all
Small in stature, big at heart
Oh, he always stood tall

From the time that he was born
He had a style all his own
In my mind he could do no wrong
Misunderstood all along

He worked hard all his life
To get what he has today
We would all be better off
If we could hear those words
That he had to say

He was a little rough around the edges
And through it all we all knew
He was a little rough around the edges
Simple in mind but always had a kind eye for you
Oh, for you, for you

He took me by the hand
And said, "Son, what's your plan?
I won't stop you or stand in your way
Someday you'll be a man"

I look at him with hungry eyes
That only youth can know
With all his wisdom and all his years
He said, "I'll teach you all that you need to know"

He was a little rough around the edges
And through it all we all knew
He was a little rough around the edges
Simple in mind but he always had a kind eye for you

Don't stop, now, keep moving
Don't worry about where you are going
I'll hear you, you'll feel me
I'm there no matter where you go

He was a little rough around the edges
And through it all we all knew
He was a little rough around the edges
Simple in mind

He was a little rough around the edges
He was a little rough around the edges
Simple in mind, oh, oh, simple in mind, oh oh