If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah Though this feeling I can't change But, please, don't take it so badly 'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Lord, help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird? Yeah
If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah Though this feeling I can't change But, please, don't take it so badly 'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Lord, help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird? Yeah
“Free Bird” foi escrita pelo guitarrista Allen Collins e pelo vocalista Ronnie Van Zant, e lançada no álbum de estreia da Lynyrd Skynyrd em 1973.
O single, lançado em novembro de 1974, entrou na Billboard Hot 100 em 23 de novembro, alcançando o nº 19 em 25 de janeiro de 1975, tornando‑se o segundo Top 40 da banda.
Uma versão ao vivo gravada no Fox Theater, em Atlanta, foi incluída no álbum *One More from the Road* e voltou às paradas em 1976, chegando ao nº 38 em janeiro de 1977.
“Free Bird” costuma se estender para mais de 14 minutos nos shows, sendo a música de encerramento padrão da banda e seu maior sucesso ao vivo.
A canção foi a mais pedida nas rádios FM em sua época e continua como um clássico permanente nas estações de rock clássico.
Em 2010, 2016 e 2022, a guitarra solo de “Free Bird” ficou entre as três melhores da lista da *Guitar World*, ocupando o nº 3 em 2010/2016 e subindo para o nº 8 em 2022.
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