| They waved goodbye to Greenville
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| As they all boarded that plane
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| Destination Baton Rouge
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| But that was all about to change
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| When that Convair started struggling
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| And soon gave up the fight
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| A southern rock band from Jacksonville
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| Became legends overnight
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| No help for miles around
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| No consolation to be found
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| There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi
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| Some call sacred ground
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| It sits back in a lonely place
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| Where the world came crashing down
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| Behind the «No Trespassing"sign
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| Where few have ever been
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| And some swear every nightfall
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| You could hear
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| Freebird in the wind
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| There’s an old beech tree that keeps watch
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| From sunrise till dark
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| With the title of that famous song
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| Carved inside the bark
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| For some, it feels like yesterday
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| Since that fateful flight
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| That claimed the lives of those poor young souls
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| On that sad October night
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| How could anyone survive,
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| When a 10-ton bird falls from the sky?
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| There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi
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| Some call sacred ground
|
| It sits back in a lonely place
|
| Where the world came crashing down
|
| Behind the «No Trespassing"sign
|
| Where few have ever been
|
| And some swear every nightfall
|
| You could hear
|
| Freebird in the wind
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| (Freebird in the wind)
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| There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi
|
| Some call sacred ground
|
| It sits back in a lonely place
|
| Where the world came crashing down
|
| Behind the «No Trespassing"sign
|
| Where few have ever been
|
| Some swear every nightfall
|
| You could hear
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| Freebird in the wind
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| Freebird in the wind |