Life In The Factory

Album: Southern Rock Opera (2001)
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  • Let me tell ya'll a story
    So far fetched it must be true
    Bout a bunch of fatherless boys from Florida and a boy who was man enough for two.
    Practiced twelve hours a day in the Hell House
    In the swamps out side of town.
    100 degrees without no open windows
    Heat radiating off the tin.

    They named their band Lynyrd Skynyrd, after the coach who kicked them out of school.
    Practiced seven days a week 'cause Rock's the only thing to save them from life in the factory.

    They spent years inside the Hell House
    Then they opened foe The Who
    90 degrees, outdoor, summer festivals
    Them, boy's wouldn't even break a sweat.
    Played each show like their lives depended on it
    300 a year will take its due
    They kicked The Stones ass out at Knebworth
    Ask anyone who was there and they'll tell you

    They hit the road doing ninety
    Leave them steel mills far behind.
    Ain't no good life at the Ford plant
    Three guitars or a life of crime

    Sold out shows and platinum records, New York critics and redneckers
    Bunch of boy's from Florida had them eating from their hands
    They got the fame and all the glory
    But folks, it's still a sad story when legend over shadows the songs and the band.

    Let me tell y'all a story that more or less is the truth
    From the swamps of Northern Florida to the swamps just north of Baton Rouge. Writer/s: BRAD MORGAN, EARL HICKS, MIKE COOLEY, PATTERSON HOOD, ROB MALONE
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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