Strike Up The Band
--words and music by Jonah Koslen
-- © 1976 Rugrat Music (ASCAP)

from "Stagepass", 1977, Epic Records 

It's the weekend, it's another Saturday night
I could waste my life away but that don't
  seem right
Can I have a good time, while I have a 
  hard time too
If the good old days are gone for good
There's just one thing to do and this is it...

	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time

On the corner, everybody living in
  the streets
Fireplugs and nickel slugs, ain't the
  heat sweet
Standin' in a bread line, yeah, everybody's
  jokin' with the jocks
They say, Sunday just might never come
  so pull out all the stops...

	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time

	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time

	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time
	Oh, oh, strike up the band one time

	Strike it up, strike it up 
	Strike it up, strike it up
	Strike it up, strike it up
	Strike it up, strike it up
	Strike it up

	to fade








Lead Vocal: Jonah