We Want To Play

I was kind of sad

even with a wife, and a family

Some-thing was missing

I never had become, a rock star, you see

And now, I felt too old

my time had passed

I still played guitar licks

but not as fast

and I tried, best as I could

to stay, in tune

I did know, some guys

we’d played a song or two, in the last decade

Some good but, most bad

I’m talking ‘bout the songs, all the guys are rad

With the idea that music

could be ther-apy

I sent them an email

to see if they were free

No reply, so I just tried

to carry on

Some emails in my inbox

appeared and as I read

I felt a brand new surge of hope

cause this is what they said

They said, we want to play, we want to play

we want to play with you, lad

we need to play, we need to play

we all need to play, too

If there’s a way, just name the day

we all need to play, you see, babe

I set the day, they came to play

the rest is history 

We wrote some funny lyrics

we made each other smile

We sent them to some people 

They said, “We like your style”

Come out and play, come out and play

come out and play for free, guys

You sound okay, we’ll let you play

if you don’t charge a fee

We love to play, we love to play

for us, it’s therapy

Some people say, they like us to play 

and we don’t disagree

We need to play, we need to play

we all need to play, you see

Just name the day, we’ll come and play

and yes, for now, we’re free