Load Out Stay

Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They're the first to come and the last to leave
working for that minimum wage
They'll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they get up on their feet
they made the show And that was sweet
but I can hear the sound of slamming doors
and folding chairs and that a sound
they'll never know Now roll them cases out
and lift them amps haul them trasses down
and get'em up them ramps when it comes
to moving me You know you guys
are the champs But when that
last guitars been packed away
you know that I still want a play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
before you come for my piano
But the bands on the bus
and they are waiting to go
We've got to drive all night
and do a show in Chicago
or Detroit I don't know
We do so many shows in a row
and these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
and wander 'round back stage
till those lights came up and we hear that crowd
and we remember why we came
Now we got country and western RnB
We got disco in eight takes
and cassettes in stereo And we got burrer sings
and magazines We got truckers on CP
We got teach your prior on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
while the miles roll away
But the only time that seems to shout is
the time that we got to play
People you've got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
or you can pull us through come along
sing the song You know
you can't go wrong 'cause when
that morning sun come a backing down
you're gonna wake up in your town
But we'll be scheduled to appear
a thousand miles away from here
People stay just a little bit longer
We want to play just a little bit longer
Now the promotor don't mind
and the union don't mind
if we take a little time
and leave it all behind and sing
one more song just a little bit
longer Please please please
say you will say you will Oh want to stay
just a little bit longer Oh please
please stay just a little bit
longer yeah Now the promotor
don't mind and the union
don't mind if we take
a little time and we leave it
all behind and sing
one more song