Lyrics to
Things Goin’ On

This version of Things Goin’ On was released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973.

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Have you ever lived down in the ghetto?
Have you ever felt the cold wind blow?
If you don’t know what I mean,
Won’t you stand up and scream?
‘Cause there’s things goin’ on that you don’t know.

Too many lives they’ve spent across the ocean.
Too much money been spent upon the moon.
Well, until they make it right
I hope they never sleep at night
They better make some changes
And do it soon.

They’re goin ruin the air we breathe
Lord have mercy.
They’re gonna ruin us all, by and by.
I’m telling you all beware
I don’t think they really care
I think they just sit up there
And just get high.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd has released many songs over the years besides Things Goin’ On. Lynyrd Skynyrd released songs from 1973 to 2000 spanning across albums like (pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd), Second Helping, Nuthin' Fancy, Gimme Back My Bullets, Street Survivors, First And... Last., Legend, Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991, The Last Rebel, Endangered Species, Twenty, Edge Of Forever, and Christmas Time Again. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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The lyrics to Things Goin’ On are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Things Goin’ On are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Lynyrd Skynyrd and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Things Goin’ On back when it was created.

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