north louisiana on a saturday night i was sittin in the glow of the dashboard lights i ll never forget i was 6 years old when i heard it comin out of daddy s radio come out of my seat and said son of a gun daddy said naw that s the opry son i heard the crowd start screamin and i started dreamin of one day runnin with a hillbilly band bought a guitar learned a few chords found a few guys and a beat up ford pretty girls would come from miles around like bees to honey to hear that sound all we could afford was bread and mayonnaise living for the moment when we d hit that stage and hear the crowd start screamin man you ain t livin til you go runnin with a hillbilly band i came to nashville they liked my songs i got a bus 45 feet long bought a house to put a gold record on the wall funny thing is i m hardly there at all the money the cars you can have that stuff just give me what i love to hear the crowd start screamin to the song that i m singin the one about runnin with a hillbilly band hillbilly band yeah a hillbilly band oh it s a hillbilly band