North Louisiana on a saturday night
I was sittin in the glow of the dashboard lights
I'll never forget, I was six years old
When i heard it coming out of my daddy's radio
Came out of my seat and said, son of a gun
Daddy said, naw, that's the Opry Son

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I heard that crowd start screaming
And i started dreaming
Of one day running
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 hard...

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I heard that crowd start screaming
And i started dreaming
Of one day running
With a hillbilly band

I came to Nashville and they liked my songs
I got a bus forty-five 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 that crowd start screaming
To the songs I'm singing
The one about running
With a hillbilly band

Hillbilly Band
Yeah, hillbilly band
Oh its the hillbilly band
Ya'll its a hillbilly band