If This Bus Could Talk

He was there when I started

In Knoxville, Tennessee

Openin' for Patty Loveless

November of '93

Four friends, Mom, and Uncle Butch

And the crowd was really small

He'd say, I was a scared kid

If this bus could talk

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Some nights, we'd dance with the devil

Some nights, we prayed to the Lord

Between bathproom passes and Margherita glasses

He was never really bored

We were starry eyed dreamers

Bouncin' off the wall

Oh, the stories he could tell

If this bus could talk

He's seen pool halls, in Texas

Down at the Corndog County Fair

Girls, that we made cry

Some crowds, that didn't care

When Bobby rolled us down in 'Bama

He kept rockin', through it all

Oh, the stories he could tell

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If this bus could talk

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Late night conversations

Full of drunk philosophy

On politics and religion

Football and family

The loved ones, that we missed

An' the lovers, that we lost

Oh, the secrets he could share

If this bus could talk

He's seen Virginia Beach

Caught in a hurricane

Heroes, I wish I'd never met

But, he ain't namin' names

We learned the call of the road

At the Grizzly Rose, and we had a ball

Oh, the stories he could tell

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If this bus could talk

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20 years of summers

An' I hope it never ends

Been down so many highways

Full of twists, and turns, and bends

We caught lightnin' in a bottle

Somehow, we survived it all

Oh, the stories he could tell

If this bus could talk

As I leave the stage

Still high, from your applause

He'd tell you, that I love you

If this bus could talk

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If this bus could talk

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If this bus could talk

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If this bus could talk