...gimme back my bullets
According to Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington in a 1992 Goldmine interview, this song is about the bullets Billboard charts use to signify a song is moving quickly up the chart. If a song is “#12 with a bullet,” it is at #12 but will probably go higher next week. Skynyrd had not had a hit in a while and this was a message that they wanted to get back on the charts.
My first thought
Gimme back my bullets
Put ‘em back where they belong
Ain’t foolin’ around ‘cause I’ve done had my fun
Ain’t gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back my bullets