No One to Sing for (But the Band) Merle Haggard

[Verse 1]
Once I had a girlfriend, she loved to hear me sing
But I left her in Nashville, flew west on a silver plane
My family can't kid me anymore
They never really liked my songs before
Now I'm all grown up and I'm a lonely man
And there's no one to sing for but the band

[Chorus]
No, there's no one to sing for but the band
They always say I'm singing grand
But if you listen close, you'll understand
Why there's no one to sing for but the band

[Verse 2]
I had a friend in Houston, thought I was something else
She moved on to another town in spite of the way she felt
My family can't kid me anymore
They never really liked my songs before
Now I'm all grown up, I'm a full-grown lonely man
And there's no one to sing for but the band

[Chorus]
No, there's no one to sing for but the band
They always say I'm doing grand
But if you listen close, you'll understand
Why there's no one to sing for but the band