when I must've been nine or ten
When I saw my very first band
playing a little Dixieland
Yeah, I knew immediately that's
where I wanted to be with
Them boys up on the stand playing
Well, it's plain to see I got my wish
And I've been lucky ever since then
And one day I'll meet my maker,
I don't know where or when
But I still love the gypsy life, yeah,
Though I ain't getting any younger,
One of the boys are making
Yeah, I'm playing with my
friends till the music ends
Standing on stage on Friday night
Feeling the warmth of the old spotlight
Got my guys on my left and my right
make a little more noise." Me and the boys
I lost a lot of my very best friends
When I look up in the sky I see all
Smiling, shining bright and
friends till the music ends
I'm rolling down the road,