Doing what you love has a high price to pay
 Some put on a suit, but he ran the other way
 [bad word] drown out the yuppies
 And the one's who couldn't dream
 Cause the freedom music gave him was worth more than anything

 They don't know
 What they got
 Until it's gone
 Like it or not
 You live on love
 You try to do what's right
 We're all here waiting for our silver invitation
 To our big band in the sky

 Rollin down the windows
 Trying hard to fight the sleep
 Money's never much for a band in Tennessee
 Another night of plain'
 To a crowd with no ears
 Wanna hear the songs they know
 And fill their bellies full of beer

 But they don't know
 What they got
 Until it's gone
 Like it or not
 You live on love
 You try to do what's right
 We're all here waiting for our silver invitation
 To our big band in the sky

 And when he closed his eyes
 Fell into a dream that never dies
 And when the [bad word]  You can hear his kick [bad word] in the sky
 Feel the rain
 Fall from our eyes

 Cause we don't know
 What we got
 Until it's gone
 Like it or not
 You live on love
 You try to do what's right
 For him there's no more waiting
 Got his silver invitation
 To do a little playing
 For the big band in the sky