Caedmon's Call – Bus Driver (Guitar)

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I am a bus driver

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and it's four in the morning

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And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed

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Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind

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Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time

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And my car gets me along just fine to and from the station

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But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus

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My first stop is Ashbury

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And that sign's been gone for years

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but same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there.

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And what would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?

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Would you say that I'm just a bus driver

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and what do I know,

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I'm just a bus driver

    C         E
and what do I know,

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I'm just a bus driver

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and what do I know?

                                  D
Well, I'm always there by five fifteen

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and lately I've been early

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'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank.

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And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding.

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Says she's happy all alone

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And then there's Charles in retail sales;

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and I hope they pay him well

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for the work that young man does

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Cause I've never seen the inside

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of a custom refrigerator

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but I know he's the first and last one there

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And what would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?

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Would you say that I'm just a bus driver

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and what do I know,

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I'm just a bus driver

          C         E
well then what do I know,

           D         A
I'm just a bus driver

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well then what do I know?

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well then what do I know?

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And I wonder what they do all day,

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at their respective works.

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Suppose they give money and take money away.

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And I'm just orbiting this town

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with the post office my son.

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And I'm circling again

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And I wonder how this world would be

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if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main.

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I guess this town would be the same

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but with one bus less exhaust.

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But that bank and retail store,

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they just wouldn't be the same.

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But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat?

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Only me.

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And I'm just a bus driver

    C
and what do I know,

E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver

    C
and what do I know,

E           D         A
I'm  just a bus driver

    C
and what do I know,

E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver

    C
and what do I know,

E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver

         C
well and don't believe that,

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I'm just a bus driver

         C
well and don't believe that,

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I'm just a bus driver

       C
I said don't believe that,

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We're all just bus drivers

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and it's time to go home.