GOTTA GET RID OF THIS BAND
(Shel Silverstein)


Bobby Bare - 1980





Oh, I gotta get rid o' this band
They're rockin' too hard for a country music man
I preach 'em and I teach 'em, but they don't understand
I tell you folks I gotta get rid o' this band

Now that fella there on lead guitar, he's a natural dude
He never takes showers and just eats nature food
And if you share a room with him, then friends, I think you'd understand
Just why I gotta get rid o' this band

(Guitar Solo)

Now my friend there on piano, he been known to do some dope
There's nothin' he won't sniff or swaller or smoke
And sometimes he's just too damn stoned to help me reach the stand
Oh, I gotta get rid o' this band

(Piano Solo)

Oh damn, I gotta get rid o' this band

Now those boys on bass and drums, you know they're country through and through
But they wanna wear makeup like the rock stars do
But they smile at each other and sometimes they hold hands
Too long on the road, I gotta get rid of this band

We got a honey talkin' pretty boy there on that steel guitar
And the girls don't realize that I'm the star
Now when anybody interferes with my romantic plans
They're gone, I gotta get rid of'this band

(Steel Guitar Solo)

Just smile big now
Alright!

Yeah, I gotta get rid o' this band
Rockin' too hard for a country music man
I preach 'em and I teach 'em, but they don't understand
That's why I gotta get rid o' this band

You're all fired!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)