Although the song “Saturday Night Special” is somewhat anti-firearm, Lynyrd Skynyrd is more focused on the results of so called “Saturday Night Specials”, or cheap handguns that were prominent in the 1970s. If Lynyrd Skynyrd was indeed anti-firearm at the time, the newer band has changed their stand...
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
Hmm, and that's the Saturday Night Special
For twenty dollars, you can buy yourself one, too
Here it come
[Guitar Solo]
Oh, lemme tell you all about it
[Verse 3]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
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
Saturday Night Special was written by Ed King & Ronnie Van Zant.
Saturday Night Special was produced by Al Kooper.
Lynyrd Skynyrd released Saturday Night Special on Mon May 19 1975.