[00:32.60]Now the seats are all empty
[00:38.11]Let the roadies take the stage
[00:42.91]Pack it up and tear it down
[00:47.42]They're the first to come and last to leave
[00:52.22]Working for that minimum wage
[00:56.36]They'll set it up in another town
[01:03.44]Tonight the people were so fine
[01:09.22]They waited there in line
[01:12.45]And when they got up on their feet they made the show
[01:22.11]And that was sweet,
[01:23.91]But I can hear the sound
[01:25.91]Of slamming doors and folding chairs
[01:30.99]And that's a sound they'll never know
[01:38.45]
[01:38.45]Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
[01:43.44]Haul them trusses down and ge t'em up them ramps
[01:47.77]'Cause when it comes to moving me
[01:51.24]You know you guys are the champs
[01:55.79]But when that last guitar's been packed away
[02:00.55]You know that I still want to play
[02:04.98]So just make sure you got it all set to go
[02:09.21]Before you come for my piano
[02:46.99]
[02:46.99]But the band's on the bus
[02:52.43]And they're waiting to go
[02:55.79]We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
[03:04.98]Or Detroit, I don't know
[03:09.47]We do so many shows in a row
[03:13.99]And these towns all look the same
[03:18.90]We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
[03:23.47]And wander 'round backstage
[03:28.19]Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
[03:32.29]And we remember why we came
[04:08.44]
[04:08.44]Now we got country and western on the bus
[04:15.22]R&B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
[04:27.45]We've got rural scenes and magazines
[04:31.20]And We've got truckers on the cb
[04:35.98]We've got Richard Pryor on the video
[04:41.10]We got time to think of the ones we love
[04:45.29]While the miles roll away
[04:49.76]But the only time that seems too short
[04:54.23]Is the time that we get to play
[04:58.90]
[04:58.90]People you've got the power over what we do
[05:03.44]You can sit there and wait
[05:05.45]Or you can pull us through
[05:07.75]Come along, sing the song
[05:12.33]You know you can't go wrong
[05:16.46]'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
[05:21.22]You're going to wake up in your town
[05:26.49]But we'll be scheduled to appear
[05:31.22]]A thousand miles away from here
