[Verse 1]
Moved on down to Sweet Home Alabama in 1974
Had to get out of Music City and I had to get off the road
Woman, she left
And the people wouldn't let me sing nothin' but them old sad songs
Had to get high so I wouldn't cry
You know they hit pretty close to home

[Chorus]
I'm feelin' better now that I'm back on the road
Gettin' it together between Macon and Muscle Shoals

[Verse 2]
I started turnin' up loud and lookin' to the crowd
And bendin' them guitar strings
Knew all the while that it was my style
Could they ever forget my name?
Rocked 'em in Raleigh, knocked 'em out of Knoxville
Just couldn't do no wrong
People went wild and the band said
"Child, better keep on playing your songs"

[Chorus]
I'm feelin' better now that I'm back on the road
Gettin' it together between Macon and Muscle Shoals
[Verse 3]
Well, my life ain't the same and I had to change
And I hope this music will show
A little bit less of cryin' and the beer
And a little of my own soul
Waylon and Toy and all of them boys, I wanna say thanks to you
Your fiddle and your steel make me play what I feel
And I don't feel lovesick blues

[Chorus]
And I'm feelin' better now that I'm back on the road
Gettin' it together between Macon and Muscle Shoals
All came together in my sweet Alabama home
And I'm through forever tryin' to put everybody on
I'm feelin' better
I got hurt but I'm back on the road
Gettin' it together
Had to eat a little cornbread

[Bridge]
Ah, they're eatin' that cornbread, sleepin' on a feather bed
Drinkin' that homegrown, writin' some new songs
Do it on your own
They're eatin' that cornbread, lovin' on a feather bed
Drinkin' that homegrown, write a few new songs
This here music's homegrown
[Outro]
I'm feelin' better now that I'm back on the road
Gettin' it together between Macon and Muscle Shoals
All came together in my sweet Alabama home
And I'm through forever