Jackson Still Wants To Play

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The Load Out/Stay

Jackson Browne

Now the seats

Are all empty

Let the roadies take the stage

Pack it up and tear it down

They're the first to come

And last to leave

Workin’ for that minimum wage

They'll set it up in another town

Tonight the people were so fine

They waited there in line

And when they got up on their feet

They made the show

And that was sweet

But I can hear the sound

Of slammin’ doors

And foldin’ chairs

And that's a sound they'll never know

Now roll them cases out

And lift them amps

Haul them trusses down

And get 'em up them ramps

'Cause when it comes to movin’ me

You know you guys are the champs

But when that last guitar's been packed away

You know that I still want to play

So just make sure you got it all set to go

Before you come for this piano

But the band's on the bus

And they're ready to go

We've got to drive all night

And do a show in Chicago

Or Detroit

I don't know

We do so many shows in a row

And these towns all look the same

We just pass the time in our hotel rooms

And wander 'round backstage

‘Til those lights come up

And we hear that crowd

And we remember why we came

Now we got

Country and Western

On the bus

R and B

We got disco

In eight tracks

And cassettes

In stereo

We've got

Rural scenes

And magazines

We've got truckers on the CB

We've got Richard Pryor on the video

We got time to think of the ones we love

While the miles roll away

But the only time that seems too short

Is the time that we get to play

People you've got the power over what we do

You can sit there and wait

Or you can pull us through

Come along

Sing the song

You know that you can't go wrong

'Cause when that morning sun comes beatin’ down

You're going to wake up in your town

But we'll be scheduled to appear

A thousand miles away from here

So people stay

Just a little bit longer

We want to play

Just a little bit longer

Now if the promoter don't mind

And the union don't mind

If we take a little time

And we leave it all behind

And sing

One more song

Oh won’t you stay

Just a little bit longer

Please

Please

Please

Say you will

Say you will

Oh won’t you stay

Just a little bit longer

Oh

Won’t you stay

Just a little bit longer

Yeah

Yeah

And if the promoter don’t mind

And the brothers don’t mind

If we take a little time

And Leave it all behind

And sing

One more song

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