32 Count Intro

I Turned Sixteen Got A Brand New Six-string
Haggard And Hank, Sting And Springsteen,
Peelin' The Paint Every Chance I Got.

Daddy Said "You're Pretty Good, But It's Tough Out There,
Now 'Stairway To Heaven' Won't Get Ya Anywhere,
Otta Cut Your Hair, And Get A Real Job."

Chorus 1:
So I Started A Band, And We Got Out Of Dodge,
In A Dodge Van With No Exhaust,
Got High Off The Fumes, But We Played Our Tunes,
Ain't No One Gonna Say I Can't,
Yeah, I Started A Band, Stared A Band.

Started A Band And I Met A Girl,
Sang My Songs And Rocked Her World,
Goin' Strong But Out Of The Blue One Day,
She Said "I Can't Love A Music Man",
So I Dropped My Dream And Sold My Amp,
But I'll Be Damned If She Didn't Leave Me Anyway.

Chorus 2:
So I Stared A Band, With A Couple New Guys,
We Played Those Same Ol' Dives.
Yeah, We Never Sold Gold, Okay, We Never Sold,
Ain't No One Gonna Say I Can't,
Yeah, I Started A Band, Started A Band,

But The Lead Picker Always Played Too Loud,
And Him And The Drummer Had A Fallin' Out,
Bass Man Stayed Out Of It And Just Got Drunk,
I Was Nashville Bound, My Dreams Were Bigger,
I Knocked 'em Out They Just Couldn't Pull The Trigger,
And That's Nashville Speak For I Stunk, As A Solo Man.

Chorus 3:
So I Started A Band, We Play What We Like,
On A Stage That's Eight Feet Wide,
But I Got My Pride, And I Got My Van,
I Kept Who I Am, I Started A Band,
Started A Band, Can't Get This Guitar Out My Hand,
Yeah I Started A Band.