Catching the Bus

from Song a Week Project by Andy Lowe

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Song a week #11
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If you take a bunch of random people
And put them all together in a metal box
It’s a fascinating social experiment
That’s known as catching the bus

To the cause of scientific progress
I’m eager to contribute
So I take my place every chance I get
And I try very hard to be astute

As the driver turns away a girl in her pyjamas
Bloke at the front has had too many lagers
Offering to help a mum to get her pushchair on
A five-year-old kid has spotted my guitar bag
Asking what it is, I tell him it’s a rocket launcher
As we all catch the bus

And I try my hardest not to eavesdrop
Out of respect for my fellow passengers
But at times I simply can’t avoid it
Some voices are too easily overheard

The feller sat behind me thinks he’s been abducted
Lady says her eyebrow implants have ruptured
The five-year-old kid should have gone before he left
Five seats away there’s a teen under headphones
Even at this distance I can tell that it’s Test
As we all catch the bus

So my bus trips they are never boring
Always worth the two-pound-thirty cost
And I find that when all’s calm and quiet
I can usually rely on the appearance of a wasp

Shrieks and cries of “open up a window”
Bloke feeling tipsy tries to get all macho
Leans across just a little too far
A baby wakes up, the driver’s getting angry
Thinks that he deserves a better salary
As we all catch the bus

Three more streets and getting near my stop
I give up my seat to a woman with a bump
I ask her, “when are you due?”
She looks at me with a murderous expression
She’s not pregnant, why’d I ask the question?
Just let me off the bus

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from Song a Week Project, released May 6, 2020

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Andy Lowe is a multi-instrumentalist and music producer following his unquenchable curiosity into new electronic realms. With a penchant for playfulness and storytelling, Andy creates sound worlds that defy easy description and genre pigeonholing.

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