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Now the seats are all empty |
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Let the roadies take the stage |
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Pack it up and tear it down |
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They're the first to come and last to leave |
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Working for that minimum wage |
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They'll set it up in another town |
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Tonight the people were so fine |
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They waited there in line |
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And when they got up on their feet |
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They made the show |
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And that was sweet |
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But I can hear the sound |
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Of slamming doors and folding chairs |
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And that's a sound they'll never know |
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Now roll them cases out and lift them amps |
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Haul them trusses down and get 'em up them ramps |
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'Cause when it comes to moving me |
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You know, you guys are the champs |
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But when that last guitar's been packed away |
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You know that I still want to play |
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So just make sure you got it all set to go |
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Before you come for my piano |
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But the band's on the bus |
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And they're waiting to go |
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We've got to drive all night |
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And do a show in Chicago or Detroit, I don't know |
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We do so many shows in a row |
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And these towns all look the same |
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We just pass the time in the hotel rooms |
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And wander 'round backstage |
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Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd |
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And we remember why we came |
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Now we got Country and Western on the bus |
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R&B, we got Disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo |
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We've got Rural Scenes and Magazines |
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We've got Truckers on the CB |
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And we've got Richard Pryor on the video |
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We got time to think of the ones we love |
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While the miles roll away |
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But the only time that seems too short |
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Is the time that we get to play |
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People you've got the power over what we do |
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You can sit there and wait |
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Or you can pull us through |
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Come along, sing the song |
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You know that you can't go wrong |
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'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down |
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You're going to wake up in your town |
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But we'll be scheduled to appear |
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A thousand miles away from here |