The Last Rebel

(gary rossington, tom keifer, johnnyvan-zant)

I've got a sayin' in my life that's got me by so far
Well it mat not be right but, nobody's gonna tell me i'm wrong
The first mistake is leave it up to somebody else
If you want somethin' done you got to do it yourself
I'll do it myself before somebody makes a fool out of me

(chorus)
'cause nothin' comes easy for a man like me
Everybody thinks the best things in life are free
If they would open their eyes it'd be so plain to see
That the best things in life don't come so easily

I met a man who thought just a little bit different from me
He said you got it so easy but i just had to disagree
It would have been alright but he pushed me too far
If your lookin' for trouble step outside of this bar
If it comes down to fistin', mister that ain't nothin' new to me

(repeat chorus)

You'll find in this life if there's somethin' that you believe
You got to get your hands dirty when it's somethin' that you really need
If they ever give you somethin' too easily
Can't be too good, 'cause nothin' good's for free
Tell ya' straight from the heart a bed of roses it will never be

(gary rossington, johnny van-zant, robert johnson, michael lunn)

There's a honky-tonk just south of georgia
A little salvation just a' waitin' for ya'
I heard it said a long time ago
If your lookin' for your soul
Down a dirt road just across the border

Well the harder it comes you know the easier it goes
If you can make your way a little further down that road, yea
When your caught up in between
Or just dyin' to be set free

(chorus)
South of heaven
Always endin' up
No matter how i try
I'm just south of heaven
Don't wanna' think you can have it all
'cause all i need is just south of heaven

There's a little girl they call the sweet thing
Been some time i'd like to tell you one thing
You have nothin' left to lose
So by the time that you come to
You'll be one more callin' her name

Well the harder it comes you know the easier it goes
If you can make your way a little further down that road, yea
When your caught up in between
Or just dyin' to be set free

(repeat chorus)

(repeat first verse)


(repeat chorus)


And when i die don't cry for me
'cause i'll be just south of heaven
South of heaven
All i want, all i need, all i want
Is south of heaven

(gary rossington, johnnyvan-zant, robert johnson, michael lunn)

There's a grey horse standin' still
As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride
As the rain pours off his hat
You can see the shadows of the past written in his eyes

Now the cannons are silent
His friends are all gone
Gotta put it all behind him
If he ever wants to find his way home
He's the last rebel on the road

Just a boy with his old guitar
Keeps to himself but everybody takes him wrong
But he carries on
Got a dream that will never die
Can't change him, no use in stayin' where you don't belong

Now he's rollin' down the highway
Gone too far too fast
No one will ever find him, he'll never look back

(chorus)
'cause he's the last rebel
And he's all alone
He's the last rebel
His friends are all gone
He's the last rebel
The last rebel on the road

There'll never be another like him
He's the last of a dying breed
Ain't no use in tryin' to tame him
'cause he's the last rebel

(repeat chorus)

(gary rossington, johnnyvan-zant, ed king, dale krantz-rossington, custer)

I met the man, when i was fifteen
Seen him in all the papers, on t.v. and magazines
So i had to ask him, what's the difference between
Those who make a wish, those who spin wheels
And those who ride in white limosines like you,mister
Won't you tell me one thing

Some have the passion and they control the ride
Some settle for whatever happens
As years pass they see their lives just slip on by
The world keeps a' turnin'
It'll leave you behind
Nothin' else matters, nothin's worth learnin'
Until the dream you have inside

(chorus)
It's the one thing, the one thing there's no denyin'
So find yourself a dream and some piece of mind
'cause money and power won't buy it
It's the one thing, nothin' else matters

And somewhere you might have heard the good times are through
And good luck is somethin' you're born with
I know it just ain't true
The world keeps a' turnin'
I wouldn't tell you no lie
Nothin' else matters, nothin's worth learnin'
Until the dream that you have inside

(repeat chorus)

Nothin' else matters

(randall hall, johnny van-zant, ed king, robert johnson)

Five a.m. in the mornin', whiskey still runnin' through my head
I could get out of bed and maybe i'll just have another cigarette
As long as i can remember seems all i've ever done is work
The boss is a jerk and i ain't payin' the rent
Spent my whole life shovelin' dirt

(chorus)
I'm gonna get outta hell in my dodge
Can't take this anymore
Gonna go downtown pick up my girl
There ain't nothin' worth waitin' for
Take the road less traveled
Spend my life behind the wheel
Gonna get outta hell in my dodge
Freedom made out of steel

There's a knock on the door from the sheriff
Askin' me where i was last night
Seems somebody lookin' a lot like me
Had takin' up with his wife
He said son if i ever catch him
There's gonna be some hell to pay
He'll be gone for good if i see him again
'cause i just might blow him away

(repeat chorus)

What's a poor man supposed to do
Stuck in the middle and trapped by the blues
Baby, i'm sick of these blues

(chorus)
I'm gonna get outta hell in my dodge
Can't take this anymore
Gonna go downtown pick up my girl
There ain't nothin' worth waitin' for
Well i don't care if i'm wrong or right
Gotta split this town tonight
Gonna get outta hell in my dodge
Live my life behind the wheel
I'm gonna get outta hell in my dodge
My freedom made out of steel