Started A Band Songtext
von Bobby Pinson

Well I turned sixteen, got a brand new six string
Haggard and hang, staying in spring
Staying feeling the pain every chance I got
Daddy said you′re pretty good but it's tough out there
And that stairway to heaven won′t get you anywhere
Oughta cut your hair and get a real job

So I started a band and we got out of dodge
In a Dodge van with no exhaust
Got high on the fumes but we played our tunes
Ain't no one gonna say I can't
Yeah I started a band, started a band
Started a band and I met a girl
Sang my songs and rocked her world
Going strong but out of the blue one day

She said I can′t love a music man
So I dropped my dream and sold my amp
And I′ll be damned if she didn't leave me anyway


So I started a band with a couple new guys
And we played those same old dives
Yeah we never sold gold, okay we never sold
But ain′t no one gonna say I can't
Yeah I started a band, yeah yeah
Started a band

But the lead picker always played too loud
And him and the drummer had a falling out
Bass man stayed out of it and just got drunk
I was Nashville bound, my dreams were bigger
I knocked ′em out, they just couldn't pull the trigger
And that′s Nashville speak for I stunk as a solo man

So I started a band, we play what we like
On a stage that's eight feet wide
But I got my pride and I got my band
I kept who I am
And I started a band, started a band
Can't get this guitar out my hand
Yeah I started a band