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.