I won’t be here tomorrow and you probably won’t remember me. We’re just here to entertain you. But Lynard Skynard we’ll never be So I’ll sing you our version and it won’t be the same ‘Cause we’re tired of this song now. So this bird we had to change
Oooooooo Yes this bird we had to change And the words were rearranged Lord knows it had to change
~interlude~
Bye bye free birds keep on flying yeah This is a song we had to change But please don’t take it so badly ‘Cause you only have yourself to blame Everyone keeps asking for Freebird I couldn’t keep singing it the same If I had to sing Freebird now I just know I’d go insane
Ooooooooo oh I swear I’d go insane Got Freebird on the brain Lord knows I’d go insane Lord help I’d go insaaaaaaaaaaaane
Lord I’d lose my brain Please don’t ask me to sing freeeeebiiiird no
~Guitar and drum outro~
ANONI
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Posted: Nov 2017
About this poem:
There was a discussion on a band page about how entertainers are tired of being asked to sing Freebird while they are setting up. So I wrote... "Freebird is very popular and it brings back a lot of good memories for some people. I suggest that bands modify the song to make it fun for you. The most popular part is the outro ending. So if your band has a sax or 2 play it with the sax. If you have a very ambitious drummer, play it with the drums. Play just the last verse and ending. Be creative and change the words."
After posting that to the website, my friend dared me to rewrite Freebird to express the sentiment. So, I did.