Always In The Band

High school halftime Friday night
 Standing on the fifty yard line
 Big old blue and gold tuba in my hand
 I could see Katie Ann in the popcorn line
 Couldn't see how to make her mine
 I was always in the band
 At eighteen I found a cheap guitar
 Became Seeger and Willie in a smokey bar
 And bared my soul beneath a rusty old mic stand
 I get her name and number on a second break
 Watch someone dance my chance away
 I was always in the band
 Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it
 But even still I don't regret a single minute
 Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain
 To see a thousand waving flames
 It's just a part of me, that's who I am
 I was always in the band
 Met her backstage before a show Las Vegas rodeo
 Three months later I asked her for her hand
 We tied the knot on the Sixth of June
 Woulda had a honeymoon
 But I was always in the band
 Left Dallas on the way to Omaha
 Round Tapeeka when I got the call
 Baby's coming, honey, get here when you can
 Yeah, I guess I shoulda turned that bus around
 I'da let 30, 000 people down I was always in the band
 Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it
 But even still I don't regret a single minute
 Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain
 To see a thousand waving flames
 It's just a part of me
 Thank God she understands
 I was always in the band
 I was always in the band