goin down a dusty road i turned my head round looking for somewhere to go a place to lay my head down check into a small hotel and there before my eyes stood a man with a trumpet in his hand trying to make the people understand he stops and sighs and says half a chance give the singers half a chance and they ll sing and dance through the night lend an ear please and the band will play the things you ll want to hear there s no doubt that before tonight is over you ll scream and shout hip hooray in the meantime there is only one more thing i d like to say spoke about the well known faces appearing in the show star attraction of the evening would be billy with his big banjo but first of all a sweet little lady who d have us all screamin for more lily the striptease queen with the biggest pair you ve ever seen down and down went her long black stockings and as they hit the ground the boys went mad everyone agreed that it was the greatest time they d ever had on and on now the night was nearly over except for billy and his big banjo billy sang a song called the truckdriver man and we joined in for a chorus or two and then i went to bed  half a chance give the singers half a chance and they ll sing and dance through the night lend an ear please and the band will play the things you ll want to hear there s no doubt that before tonight is over you ll scream and shout hip hooray in the meantime there is only one more thing i d like to say 