Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Saturday Night Special" (Live At Knebworth '76)

Two feets, they come a creepin'
Like a black cat do
And two bodies are layin' naked
A creeper think he got nothin' to lose

So he creeps into this house, yeah
And unlocks the door
An' as the man's reaching for his trousers
He shoots him full of 38 holes

Mister Saturday Night Special
Got a barrel that's blue and cold
It ain't good for nothing
But puttin' men six feet in a hole

Big Jim's been drinking whiskey
And playing poker on a losing night
An' pretty soon, Ol' Jim starts a-thinkin'
Somebody been cheatin' and lyin'
So Big Jim commence to fighting
I wouldn't tell you no lie
Big Jim done pulled his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes

Mister Saturday Night Special
Got a barrel that's blue and cold
It ain't good for nothing
But puttin' men six feet in a hole

Hmm, and that's the Saturday Night Special
For twenty dollars, you can buy yourself one, too

Here it come

Oh, lemme tell you all about it

Hand guns are made for killing
They ain't no good for nothing else
And if you like to drink your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself

So why don't we dump 'em, people, to the bottom of the sea?
Before some old fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you, or me

Mister Saturday Night Special
You got a barrel that's blue and cold
You ain't good for nothing but puttin' men six feet in a hole

It's a Saturday Night Special
And I'd like to tell you what you can do with it, too
And that's the end of this song

Το τραγούδι "Saturday Night Special" ήταν το εναρκτήριο του τρίτου δίσκου των Lynyrd Skynyrd "Nuthin' Fancy" που κυκλοφόρησε το μακρινό 1975 κι αποτελεί ένα από τα πλέον αναγνωρίσιμα κομμάτια της Αμερικάνικης μπάντας. Το "Saturday Night Special" αποτελεί μέρος και του live album "Live At Knebworth '76" που κυκλοφόρησε τον περασμένο Φεβρουάριο...

Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Country of origin: United States
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Formed in: 1964
Genre: Southern Rock, Hard Rock
Years active: 1964-1977, 1979, 1987-present

Video: "Saturday Night Special"
Album: "Live At Knebworth '76"
Type: Live album
Release date: February 2021
Label: ear MUSIC (Eagle Rock)
Format: DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD, DVD+2LP

Δελτίο τύπου: «On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage at Knebworth as part of a daylong festival which also included Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, 10cc and The Rolling Stones.

The show has gone down in Lynyrd Skynyrd history as one of the band’s greatest performances. The 1976 Knebworth show features Ronnie Van Zant’s iconic vocals and their famed triple guitar attack of Gary Rossington, Allen Collins and Steve Gaines in front of a crowd estimated between 150,000 and 200,000.

Their entire performance from that day is here for you to witness the classic Lynyrd Skynyrd in all its glory with cleaned up visuals and remixed audio, available on DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD and DVD+2LP.»