--words and music by Jonah Koslen
from "Ladies' Choice", 1976, Epic Records
(band laughter and conversation) 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