• I was eighteen when I first saw you
    I close my eyes
    And the flashback starts
    You’re standing there
    On a marching pad in summer air

    See the horns
    See the drums, and the flag girls
    See me make my way through the crowd
    And say hello, little did you know

    That I was saxophone, I was blasting eighth notes
    And your Momma said stay away from my flutest
    And you was crying on the staircase
    Begging me please don't go, and you said

    Saxophone take me somewhere we can be alone
    I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
    You'll be the sax and I'll be the flautist
    It's a band story baby just say yes

    So I sneak out of my classes to see you
    I keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
    So close your eyes
    Escape this school for a little while

    'Cause I was saxophone, I could treat you better
    And your friends said stay away from our flutest
    But you were everything to me
    And I was telling them all Hell no, and you said

    Saxophone take me somewhere we can be alone
    I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
    You'll be the sax and I'll be the flautist
    It's a band story baby just say yes

    Saxophone will save thee, they try to tell you how to feel
    This song is difficult, but it's real
    Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
    It's a band story baby just say yes

    You got tired of waiting
    Wondering if I was ever coming around
    Your faith in me was fading
    When I met you on the outskirts of town, and you said

    Saxophone save me I've been feeling so alone
    I keep waiting for you but you never come
    Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
    I knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

    And said, marry me flutest
    You'll never have to be alone
    I love you and you got your saxophone
    I talked to your friends, go pick out a white dress
    It's a band story baby just say yes

    ....


    'Cause I was 18 when I first saw you....