Down the dusty road
From our Brazos home
We made our break away
We didn't have much to carry
Except each other along the way
But Red, he played the violin
And Round Boy played the bass
And me, I picked guitar
And did the singing
Lord, I'm looking back
To them big band days of mine
When me and Red and Round Boy
One time we sounded fine
Cause Red, he played the violin
And Round Boy played the bass
And me, I picked guitar
And did the singing
Now we had dreams a going far
So we got us a job
Bought a car
Picking in tall cotton
Playing music in a bar
But Round Boy, he took to drinking
And Red went onto other things
And me
Well, I picked guitar
And did the singing
Then one night I tried
To fire the whole band
Well, them boys
Was just getting plumb out of hand
Growing out their hair
And picking "Watermelon Man"
Red, he tried to steal the show
Round Boy played every damn bass lick
That he know
Well, I couldn't even hear my guitar
And my singing
Lord, I'm looking back
To them big band days of mine
When me and Red and Round Boy
One time we sounded fine
Cause Red, he played the violin
And Round Boy played the bass
And me, I picked guitar
And did the singing
Now they don't know
Just exactly what happened yet
But I'm sure it's something
That they won't soon forget
The way that our little band
Got busted up back in Wichita
Well, Round Boy
He found him a mother-in-law
Red got in some trouble with the law
I wonder who called the sheriff
And did the singing?
Lord, I'm looking back
To them big band days of mine
When me and Red and Round Boy
One time we sounded fine
Cause Red, he played the violin
And Round Boy played the bass
And me, I picked guitar
And did the singing
Lord, I'm looking back
To them big band days of mine
When me and Red and Round Boy
One time we sounded fine
Cause Red, he played the violin
And Round Boy played the bass
And me, I picked guitar
And did the singing