Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals Allen Collins – Gibson Firebird guitar Ed King – Fender Stratocaster and Gibson SG guitar Gary Rossington – Gibson Les Paul guitar Billy Powell – keyboards Leon Wilkeson – bass guitar Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion Additional: Barry Harwood – dobro, mandolin Jimmy Hall – harmonica David Foster – piano Bobbye Hall – percussion ********************************** Two feet they come a creepin' Like a black cat do And two bodies are layin' naked A creeper think he got nothin' to lose So he creeps into this house, yeah Unlocks the door And as a man's reaching for his trousers Shoots him full of thirty-eight holes
[Chorus:] It's a saturday night special Got a barrel that's blue and cold Ain't good for nothin' But put a man six feet in a hole
Big Jim's been drinkin' whiskey And playin' poker on a losin' night And pretty soon ol' Jim starts a thinkin' Somebody been cheatin' and lyin' So Big Jim commence to fightin' I wouldn't tell you no lie Big Jim done pulled his pistol Shot his friend right between the eyes
[Chorus] Oh, Saturday night special
Oh, let me tell you all about it Hand guns are made for killin' They ain't no good for nothin' else And if you like to drink your whiskey You might even shoot yourself So why don't we dump 'em people To the bottom of the sea Before some ol' fool come around here Wanna shoot either you or me