Well I took on earthly pleasures Until they stayed and staked their claim Now I got a couple demons That know me by my first name They find me on the back roads And they sing the sweetest songs And they tell me I can forget Oh, if I just hum along But lately when they call me And they try to tempt my hand I say I'm busy, with the opening band Just beyond what we call vision Lies a world unforeseen And though I can not touch it I hear it whispered in my dreams Dreams that plant the answers Buried in the sand So I keep playin', In the opening band I used to worry Now I understand We're all just playin, in the opening band The day I ate the apple We'll it brought me to my knees Cause I saw in the foundation Truth was splittin' at the seams And some days now you'll find me With my ear upon the ground Waitin' for that Pale Horse To come back and run me down When the hour is upon me And it's time to make my stand I will be playin', in the opening band I like the way she dances When she's there on her own time Twistin' like a white sheet Hung out on the firing line And I hear her every movement callin' "Lay your burden down" So I gather up my courage And I revel in the sound Of a choir of angels singin' "There shall be no change of plans, You just keep playin', in the opening band" I used to worry Now I understand We're all just playin', in the opening band We're all just playin', in the opening band