Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Allen Collins
Songwriter
Ronnie Van Zant
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Dowd
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on now
There's just too many places I've got to see
[Verse 2]
But if I stay here with you, girl
Well, things just couldn't be the same
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you'll never change
[Verse 3]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
And this bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
[Verse 4]
Play it pretty for Atlanta
[Verse 5]
Bye bye, baby, it's been a sweet love yeah, yeah
And though this feeling I can't change
But please don't take this so badly
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame
[Verse 6]
But if I stay here with you now
Things just couldn't be the same
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, how 'bout you?
And a bird they'll never change
[Verse 7]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
And this bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change
Lord, help me, I can't change
[Verse 8]
Lord, I can't change
Oh, won't you fly high, oh, free birds, yeah!
Written by: Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant