Church blows up in Birmingham
Four little Back girls killed for no goddamn good reason
And all this hate and violence can't come to no good end
A stain on the good name
And a whole lot of good people dragged through the blood and glass
Blood stains on their good names and all of us take the blame

Meanwhile in North Alabama, Wilson Pickett comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Aretha Franklin comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound

And out in California, a rock star from Canada
Wrote a couple of great songs about the bad shit that went down
A "Southern Man" and "Alabama" cеrtainly told some truth
But there wеre a lot of good folks down here and Neil Young just wasn't around

Meanwhile in North Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd came to town
To record with Jimmy Johnson at Muscle Shoals Sound
And they met some real fine people, not no racist piece of shit
And they wrote a song about it and that song became a hit

Ronnie and Neil, Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars just blast for Ronnie and Neil
Ronnie and Neil became good friends, their feud was all in a song
Skynyrd was a bunch of Neil Young fans, and Neil, he loved that song
So He wrote "Powderfinger" for Skynyrd to record
But all Ronnie ended up singing "Sweet Home Alabama" to the Lord

Neil helped carry Ronnie in his casket to the ground
And my way of thinking, us southern men still need both of them around

Ronnie and Neil, Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Ronnie and Neil, Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil

Thank you so much
On the drums
From Green— from Greenville, South Carolina, "Easy B", Brad Morgan