[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
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Spelled with all 4 y's
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Was born in 70-something
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Between "Sweet Home" & "You Got That Right"
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His mama met his daddy
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At a Tallahassee show
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But just like Tuesday
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Daddy wound up gone on down the road
[Chorus]
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
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Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
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Born to carry on
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Who his mama was a fan of
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Don't ask me no questions
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And I won't tell you no lies
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That's what she always told him
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Right up till the day she died.................
[Verse]
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Lynyrd wasn't black or white
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He was somewhere in between
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Throw in, abandoned and confused
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And you get the blues when you're just thirteen
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Well he found his salvation
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In a pawn shop bought guitar
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You can't teach that kind of pickin'
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It's got to come right from your heart
[Chorus]
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
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Hailed from Gadsden, Alabama
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Born to carry on
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Who his mama was a fan of
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Don't ask me no questions
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And I won't tell you no lies
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That's what she always told him
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Right up till the day she died..................
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.............
[Verse]
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When Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones'
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Mama passed away
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A dressed in all black, black man
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Stood up in the back to say
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Been thinking about your mama
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Since that Tallahassee show......
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Yeah son, I am your daddy
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And my name is Curtis Lowe
[Outro]
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh