- Votes:
- Composers:
- Dall
- Bobby / Michaels
- Bret / Rocket
- Rikki / Kotzen
- Richard Dale
 
- Genres:
- Metal
- Rock
 
- Tags:
- hair metal
- hard rock
- heavy metal
 
- See also:
Poison - Strike Up The Band lyrics
Living off the friends we made
 Never ever getting paid
 Kicking ass and paying dues
 Lose our mind in self abuse
 Loving ladies by the score
 Waking up and wanting more
 I hope my mama understands
 When I strike up the band
 Well I spit out my anger as the sweat do fly
 Fifteen years of paying dues just to get me by
 Now the barkeeps would pay us by the crowds we bring
 But those son-of-bitches never paid us one damn thing
 And my poor daddy, he just don't understand
 It's balls out tonight, watch the shit hit the fan
 When we strike up the band
 Now those drop dead ladies line the very first row
 I do believe I'd like to spend some time after the show
 Now them years gone by, the barkeeps pay in cashPoison - Strike Up The Band - http://motolyrics.com/poison/strike-up-the-band-lyrics.html
 And them lovely ladies feed me an earful of trash
And my old lady, she just don't understand
 Why those floozies got their hands on her man
 And my poor daddy, he still don't understand
 Why it's balls out tonight watch the shit hit the fan
 Give it all that we can, we don't give a good damn
 When we strike up the band
 Living like a gypsy,
 An air conditioned hippie
 Who's never seen the light of day
 Rode dog and cowboy
 Don't know how, boy
 I ever lived this long this way, no, no, said
 And my poor daddy, he still don't understand
 Why it's balls out tonight watch the shit hit the fan
 Give it all that we can, we don't give a good damn
 When we strike up the band















