Start a Band (with Keith Urban)

I never was a straight-laced straight A student

Teacher's pet or child prodigy

I wasn't gonna get rich throwing a football

It'd take too long to get a law degree

So I sat down with mama and daddy

They tried to talk some sense into my thick head

But the best advice that I ever got

Was from my sister's rock star boyfriend

Just get you a guitar and learn how to play

Cut up some jeans, come up with a name

When you're living in a world that you don't understand

Find a few good buddies, start a band

Start a band, start a band

Now all those girls that were too cool to talk to

They'll be waiting in a line out back

Might get your picture in a hometown paper

Maybe buy your mama that Cadillac

Just get you a guitar and learn how to play

Cut up some jeans, come up with a name

When you're living in a world that you don't understand

Find a few good buddies, start a band

Start a band

Scrape up some money, buy a van

Learn Free Bird and Ramblin' Man

Never buy another beer again

So get you a guitar and learn how to play

Grow out your hair, come up with a name

With a little bit of luck you'll be packing the stands

Find a few good buddies, start a band

No need to study, start a band

Call up some buddies, man, and start a band