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According to the Simple Man Songfacts, shortly after Ronnie Van Zant's grandmother and Gary Rossington's mother died, they got together in Van Zant's apartment and started telling stories about them. Rossington came up with a chord progression, and Van Zant wrote the lyrics based on advice the women had given them over the years. They wrote it in about an hour.
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Lyrics
Mama told me,
when I was young,
"Come sit beside me,
my only son,
and listen closely,
to what I say.
And if you do this, it'll help you some sunny…
