the promoter says he wants to cancel cause there ain t enough tickets sold the air conditioner on the bus just broke and i can t shake this cold the single lost the bullet the singer s losin his wife well i might be crazy but i wouldn t change a single thing about this life sometimes we feel like champions sometimes we just can t win sometimes our records hit the top of the charts or the discount bargain bins through almost 20 years of touring we ve remained partners brothers and friends well we keep it together cause we re sure we re gonna be big time before it all ends just as long as johnny s got his fiddle and jimmy s got his drums along then jeffrey and me and bobby will be singing all our favorite songs catch the fire from the folks in the front row fan the flames as the beat gets strong it s great to be a part of something so good that s lasted so long well i saw a story in the paper suddenly the band s big news the critics all like our records just fine but they seem a bit confused is it folk or rock or country whoa seems like everybody cares but us so just leave us an early wakeup call so we don t miss the bus just as long as johnny s got his fiddle and jimmy s got his drums along then jeffrey and me and bobby will be singing all our favorite songs we ll catch the fire from the folks in the front row fan the flames as the beat gets strong it s great to be a part of something so good that s lasted so long the band says it can t stand my latest song it s too personal but my first wife s second marriage blew up they had to get the dang thing annulled well if that ain t something to sing about well you tell me what is and we ll give it a beat and put it on the street and we just might have another hit just as long as johnny s got his banjo and jimmie s got his harps along then jeffrey and me and bobby will be singing all our favorite songs we ll catch the fire from the folks in the front row fan the flames as the beat gets strong it s great to be a part of something so good that s lasted so long yeah it s great to be a part of something so good that s lasted so long chorus