No One To Sing For (but The Band) Lyrics - Merle Haggard

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