잭슨 브라운[Jackson Browne - The Load out & Stay]

 

 

 

Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (1977)

 

 

 

 

THE LOAD-OUT

Now the seats are all empty Let the loadies 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 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 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

STAY

People stay just a little bit longer
We want to play -- just a little bit longer

 

Now 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, want to stay just a little bit longer
Please please please say you will, say you will...

Oh, want to stay just a little bit longer
Oh, please please stay  just a little bit long ...

Now 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 --