"All I Can Do Is Write About It" is a song performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...

. The song is credited as having been written by band members Allen Collins

Allen Collins

Larkin Allen Collins Jr. was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the band's songs with late frontman Ronnie Van Zant...

 and Ronnie Van Zant

Ronnie Van Zant

Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd...

. The song was first released on the band's 1976 album Gimme Back My Bullets

Gimme Back My Bullets

Gimme Back My Bullets is Lynyrd Skynyrd's fourth studio album. It was released on February 2, 1976. It reached # 20 on the U.S. albums chart. The album was certified Gold on 1/20/1981 by the R.I.A.A....

and subsequently on the compilations, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd, reissued as Gold, is a two-disc compilation of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the peak years of its classic lineup .* In 1998, it was released as The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd by MCA...

and All Time Greatest Hits

All Time Greatest Hits (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)

All Time Greatest Hits is the compilation album by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 2000. The album was certified Gold on 3/24/2003 and Platinum on 6/20/2005 by the R.I.A.A.-Track listing:#"Sweet Home Alabama" - 4:45...

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Song theme

The song is sung by Ronnie Van Zant, who lived in the southern part of the United States and is commenting on recent developments occurring at the time. In the song's chorus, Van Zant states that he "can see the concrete slowly creeping," the concrete representing the industrial development of the south. The singer also seems to have a great love for the south and mentions that "you can take a boy out of old Dixieland

Dixieland

Dixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...

, but you'll never take old Dixie from a boy."