Song Description

I've watched the bands come and I've watched the bands go. Like an oak watches saplings get blown down. I shook hands with Elvis. I changed Hendricks strings. Ozzy and me got wasted in a lot of towns.

Lyrics

I'm an 'ol roadie with a rock 'n roll band.
Pulling into Tupolo tonight.
I'll uncurl the cables and string the guitars.
Set up the stage in Tupelo just right.

And I'll be singing, "Sha la la la la la la. Sha la la la la la la."
And the drummer looks so young he could be my son.

I've watched the bands come and I've watched the bands go.
Like an oak watches saplings get blown down.
I shook hands with Elvis. I changed Hendricks strings.
Ozzy and me got wasted in a lot of towns.

And we were singing, "Sha la la la la la la. Sha la la la la la la."
And the drummer looks so young he could be my son.

Always wait for the moment when the houselights go down.
And I hear the band start to play. Hey?..

I'm an 'ol roadie with a rock 'n roll band.
Pulling into Tupolo tonight.
I've known lots of women but none I've called my own.
You better hide the girls in Tupolo tonight.

Or they'll be singing, "Sha la la la la la la. Sha la la la la la la."
And the drummer looks so young he could be my son.

And I'll be singing, "Sha la la la la la la. Sha la la la la la la."
Let's take it home.
'Cause tomorrow we gotta be in Tennessee.
We're pulling into Tupolo tonight.

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