(Jackson Browne & Bryan Garofalo)

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

Working 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 slamming doors and folding 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 moving me
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 my piano


But the band's on the bus
And they're waiting 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

Till 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 & 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 you can't go wrong

'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
You're going to wake up in your town
But we'll be scheduled to appear

A thousand miles away from here