I was just a teenage boy on my way to school
Mama made a meal for me as I turned on the news
The details still weren't certain as I put on my shoes
I wasn't sure what happened but I knew I had the blues.

Cause that's the day the freebird fell
Oh, I remember it well
So many cried when Ronnie died
And never said farewell
What he'd say in a southern song
Stories told still live on
Oh the day the freebird fell.

I pulled myself together and I went on my way
I missed the bus on purpose so I could walk that day
Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man kept playin in my mind
Sweet Home Alabama, Curtis Lowe and One More Time

'Cause that's the day the freebird fell
Oh, I remember it well
So many cried when Ronnie died
And never said farewell
What he'd say in a southern song
Stories told still live on
Oh the day the freebird fell

Many years have come and gone, a lot of things has changed
Father time has passed me by but one thing stayed the same
When I'm feeling lonely, when I'm feeling blue
I crank up some of that good ole honk and Lord I think of you.

Back to the day the freebird fell
Oh, I remember it well
So many cried when Ronnie died
And never said farewell
What he'd say in a southern song
Stories told still live on
Oh the day the freebird fell.

Gimme three steps, you got that right
Oooo that smell
A simple man was comin' home
The day the freebird fell.

I was just a teenage boy on my way to school...