Saturday Night Special Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ehar 

Cover art for Saturday Night Special lyrics by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Interviewer: Are you into gun control?

Ronnie: I think they oughta throw them all away.

Interviewer: Just like the song says?

Ronnie: Yes.

Interview: Is that right?

Ronnie: Yes I do.

Interviewer: Do you own a gun?

Ronnie: I have an old gun, an 1874 Springfield. But it's an old flintlock gun, it hangs over the fireplace.

Interviewer: But you're not into having one yourself and...

Ronnie: No, I've been shot myself and I don't want to get into that but that happens, you know, everyday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVg3JsoX34

In the same interview he talks about how the Confederate flag was an idea from the record label and how he doesn't like it. It's also common knowledge that Skynyrd and Neil Young were huge fans of each other and Neil loved Sweet Home Alabama.

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