Once I had a girlfriend, she loved to hear me sing   But I left her in Nashville, flew west on a silver plane      My family can't kid me anymore   They never really liked my songs before   Now I'm all grown up and I'm a lonely man   And there's no one to sing for but the band      No there's no one to sing for but the band   They always say I'm singin' grand   But if you listen close you'll understand   Why there's no one to sing for but the band      I had a friend in Houston, thought I was somethin' else   She moved on to another town in-spite of the way she felt      My family can't kid me anymore   They never really liked my songs before   Now I'm all grown up I'm a full grown lonely man   And there's no one to sing for but the band      No there's no one to sing for but the band   They always say I'm doin' grand   But if you listen close you'll understand   Why there's no one to sing for but the band      No there's no one to sing for but the band   They always say I'm singin' grand   But if you listen close you'll understand   Why there's no one to sing for but the band