Build Another Band - Bert Jansch

I ain’t seen your face for a long long while

Hope you’re living life in good style

You have your troubles that I do not envy

But I got my own trouble file

Get on the stand now, play the music, build another band

Past times have been good

Laughing and joking night, noon and day

No reason it should not always be that way

I saw a friend today who said he’d seen you

Looking so low down and blue

He said you needed comfort but he did not know

Just what to say to you

But get on the stand now, play the music, build another band

Past times have been good

Laughing and joking night, noon and day

No reason it should not always be that way

Now, you’re a big boy now, you don’t need a smack

To straighten out your head

There’s many who love you and want to see you play

And paint the town bright red

Get on the stand now, play the music, build another band

Past times have been good

Laughing and joking night, noon and day

No reason it should not always be that way