Darrell Scott - The Man Who Could Have Played Bass For Shanana lyrics

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I walked into the lounge of the Windsor Arms Hotel Where a band was playing Fifties songs The ones we know so well And they played just like the record Not a note was out of place Then they finished with "Goodnight Sweetheart" By the guy who played the bass As he walked by the table I offered him a beer Said I was a player too I had been for many years And we talked about the business All the years out on the road How forever sweet sixteen Was such a heluva heavy load And he said, "Ya know I could have made it once If I'd have listened to a friend He had set up this audition With a fifties group back when But it was 1967 and I had dreams of moving on The man who could've played bass for Shanana Shanana, Shanana He said, "I see them on the TV shows Every now and again and I see my buddy playing The saxophone the way he did back then Oh we used to play the circuit Any dive that had the pay But we'd have done it all for nothing Just to get a chance to play" He said, "I talk to my family on every Sunday night And I tell ‘em where I'm working next And how the band is getting tight And my children always ask me How much longer I'll be gone" The man who could've played bass for Shanana Shanana, Shanana Well, we all have our stories How we try but can't forget And how we sit in contemplation And we lick our own regret There's the one we could've married There's the job we could've had There's the winning run we could've hit If we had a more loving dad And there's the house we could've bought When the prices weren't so high And there's the loving words we could've said Before that loved one died There's the road we could've traveled There's the one we traveled on and on and on And there's the man who could've played bass for Shanana Shanana, Shanana, Shanana