Freebird in the Wind - Shenandoah, Charlie Daniels

They waved goodbye to Greenville

As they all boarded that plane

Destination Baton Rouge

But that was all about to change

When that Convair started struggling

And soon gave up the fight

A southern rock band from Jacksonville

Became legends overnight

No help for miles around

No consolation to be found

There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi

Some call sacred ground

It sits back in a lonely place

Where the world came crashing down

Behind the «No Trespassing"sign

Where few have ever been

And some swear every nightfall

You could hear

Freebird in the wind

There’s an old beech tree that keeps watch

From sunrise till dark

With the title of that famous song

Carved inside the bark

For some, it feels like yesterday

Since that fateful flight

That claimed the lives of those poor young souls

On that sad October night

How could anyone survive,

When a 10-ton bird falls from the sky?

There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi

Some call sacred ground

It sits back in a lonely place

Where the world came crashing down

Behind the «No Trespassing"sign

Where few have ever been

And some swear every nightfall

You could hear

Freebird in the wind

(Freebird in the wind)

There’s a place in Gillsburg, Mississipi

Some call sacred ground

It sits back in a lonely place

Where the world came crashing down

Behind the «No Trespassing"sign

Where few have ever been

Some swear every nightfall

You could hear

Freebird in the wind

Freebird in the wind