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Life In The Factory (2024 Mix)
Drive‐By Truckers
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🇬🇧 English · Original
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Let me tell y'all a story
So far-fetched it must be true
About a bunch of fatherless boys from Florida
And one who's man enough for two
They practiced twelve hours a day in the hell house
In the swamps outside of town
One hundred degrees without no open windows
Heat radiating off the tin
They named their band Lynyrd Skynyrd
After the coach who kicked them out of school
Seven days a week 'cause rock's the only thing
To save them from life in the factory
They spent years inside the hell house
Then they opened for The Stones and The Who
Three hundred shows a year, outdoor summer festivals
Them boys wouldn't even break a sweat
They hit the road doing ninety
Leave them steel mills far behind
Ain't no good life down at the Ford plant
Three guitars or a life of crime
Sold out shows and platinum records
New York critics and rednecks
A bunch of boys from Florida
Had them eating from their hands
They had the fame and all the glory
Folks, it's still some sad story
The legend overshadows the songs and the band
Let me tell y'all a story
More or less as the truth
From the swamps of northern Florida
To the swamps just north of Baton Rouge