The day the first bus came to town

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The day the first bus came to town

We’ve been stranded here yet they think it’s our idyll
Abandoned by those pushing pens
They say “You should be grateful but you’re troublemakers”
Well you couldn’t see it through my lens
Trudging through dark, muddy fields, wet cement and tar
The daily run, the gauntlet thrown, contempt felt from afar

They lined the streets, all gathered round
The day the first bus came to town
Clapped and cheered and stamped the ground
The wheels’ so perfectly round
The horn a beautiful sound
Line the streets and gather round

(so grab a seat and settle down – 2nd time)
(so paint your face and we’ll paint the town – 3rd time)
‘cos today the first bus came to town

Times were hard back then, but then they always are
But still there’s no excuses
You built the house but then you didn’t build the road
All your platitudes were useless
Like the farmers they sent packing, we all struggle to relocate
But we came back stronger fighting, took control of our own fate

They lined the streets, all gathered round
The day the first bus came to town
Clapped and cheered and stamped the ground
The wheels’ so perfectly round
The horn a beautiful sound
So grab a seat and settle down
‘cos today the first bus came to town

Well I come from the city, that’s just been destroyed
That’s a repeat of a show that I want to avoid
Every new pavement and every new road
Brought joy to a people once sad to behold
We trip over memories and walk into walls
The house where I was born still stands
whilst everything around it falls

They lined the streets, all gathered round
The day the first bus came to town
Clapped and cheered and stamped the ground
The wheels’ so perfectly round
The horn a beautiful sound
So paint your face and we’ll paint the town
‘cos today the first bus came to town

Today the first bus came to town
Today the first bus came to town
Today the first bus came to town, so gather round

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from [SiC], released May 1, 2021

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CSi is a collaboration between 2 Plymouth-based musicians/songwriters/producers, Rob C and Si Hackers.

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