Big Band Days

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Down the dusty road from our Brazos home we made our break away We didn't have much to carry except each other along the way 'Cause Red he played the violin and Round Boy played the bass And me I picked guitar and did the singin' [Chorus] Lord I'm looking back to them big band days of mine When me and Red and Round Boy, one time we sounded fine 'Cause Red he played the violin and Round Boy played the bass And me I picked guitar and did the singin' [Verse 2] Now we had dreams going for us so we got us a job Bought a car, picking in tall cotton playing music in a bar But Round Boy he took to drinking and Red went onto other things And me well I picked guitar and did the singin' [Verse 3] Then one night I tried to fire the whole band Well them boys was just getting plumb out of hand Growing out their hair and picking "Watermelon Man" Red he tried to steal the show Round Boy played every damn bass lick that he know'd Well I couldn't even hear my guitar and my singin' [Chorus] Lord I'm looking back to them big band days of mine When me and Red and Round Boy, one time we sounded fine 'Cause Red he played the violin and Round Boy played the bass And me I picked guitar and did the singin' [Verse 4] Now they don't know just exactly what happened yet But I'm sure it's something that they won't soon forget They way that our little band got busted up back in Wichita Well Round Boy he found him a mother-in-law Red got in some trouble with the law I wonder who called the sheriff and did the singin' [Chorus] Lord I'm looking back to them big band days of mine When me and Red and Round Boy, one time we sounded fine 'Cause Red he played the violin and Round Boy played the bass And me I picked guitar and did the singin' Lord I'm looking back to them big band days of mine When me and Red and Round Boy, one time we sounded fine 'Cause Red he played the violin and Round Boy played the bass And me I picked guitar and did the singin'