Heartland - Freebird In A Firebird lyrics

Ran across a friend of mine Hadn't seen since eleventh grade Saw our name on the marquie sign And stopped in to see us play He said, man it's been a few years I said, man, they'll let anybody in here We sat and talked of rebel days gone by And we laughed of how our dreams of California Never got much past the county line We drank a toast to long lost friends And all those crazy things we did It was freebird in a firebird On the way up Hawthorne road Long necks, long hair Wild eyed girls and rock and roll Play the drum set on the dance floor Lighters held up for the encore And not a worry in that southern summer sky And we let that freebird fly He said, man it's funny How that time is bound to race And how you'd give back your right arm To get back just a day Or retaste your first teenage kiss Feel them backroads turn and twist Seeing nothing but dust in your rearview There wasn't a car in our town any faster Now yesterday's just rusting in my pasture We were too big, the town was too small But looking back we had it all Singing freebird in a firebird On the way up Hawthorne road Long necks, long hair Wild eyed girls and rock and roll Play the drum set on the dance floor Lighters held up for the encore And not a worry in that southern summer sky And we let that freebird fly [Instrumental Interlude] It was freebird in a firebird On the way up Hawthorne road Long necks, long hair Wild eyed girls and rock and roll Play the drum set on the dance floor Lighters held up for the encore And not a worry in that southern summer sky And we let that freebird fly Let that freebird fly Fly on freebird