Freebird Keeps Playin' | Ode to Rex Denton

UPDATED SONG INCLUDING LEE JOHNSON
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Freebird Keeps Playin

by John Lee and Chaz Coats-Butcher

Two small towns, same damn road
Tight curve, heavy load
Friday night, full of fire
Chasin’ time, burnin’ tires

Rex and Lee, in that pickup old truck
Tryna beat the screen, ran outa luck
Dropped a wheel, hit that rise
Truck took flight, split the sky

Freebird keeps playin’
On the radio
You don’t get answers
Only roads

So love your people
And use your brain
And try your best
Not to Die in vain

They found Lee, still in his seat
But Rex flew out, lost in the weeds
Wasn't till the next day in my lawn
Found Rex's body, but Rex was gone

Some say death's where it all ends
But I know better, my dear friends
Cause my spirit hovered over dentist's chair
Lookin down and laughin’ as I floated there

Freebird keeps playin’
On the radio
You don’t get answers
Only roads

So love your people
And use your brain
And try your best
Not to Die in vain

I've Been dead once
And I know I'll go again
But I ain't scared
Not one bit, Not since then

So light it up
And hold on tight
And just do your best
To hold onto life

Freebird keeps playin’
On the radio
You don’t get answers
Only roads

So love your people
Use your brain
And try your best
Not to Die in vain

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Lee loved his family, his friends, and his country. Lee was proud to be an Army Veteran, serving in Washington D.C. and stationed at Fort Myer Virginia in the prestigious Old Guard. Each member of the Old Guard is hand-picked to guard the President of the United States (Ronald Reagan at the time), the White House, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and perform ceremonial funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.
https://www.biereleyhale.com/obituaries/Lee-Grant-Johnson