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The Pale Orchestra [ Mirror Man"Act1:Jack & The General ] chantée par Linda Thompson

Bus Called Happiness

One day I'll say, I woke up to find a heap of a mess.
and running for the bus I'll cry,
"Hold that bus called Happiness!"
Why am I so slow?
If I only knew...
Say it isn't so.
I wondered what I'd want without you.

Through the back window I thought I saw the color of her dress.
Which way does that bus go?
Buddy, that's the bus called Happiness.
Why am I so slow?
If I only knew...
Say it isn't so.
I wondered what I'd want without you.

One day I'll say, I woke up to find a heap of a mess.
I'll look around and all the plants are withered.
Dishes piled up in the sink for months & months, they are withered.
Even the glass in the windows is withered. I'll wake up with a shock
Won't know if I'm here or there or how much time is passed.
I'll have that feelin you don't know if you've been dreaming or you've been
awake And that terrible thing that happened, I'll say to myself in a panic.
Did it happen in my dreams?
Or did I only dream that the terrible thing that did in fact happen never really happened at all?
Which part of the dream is true? Which part of the truth is a dream?
I throwed out the coffee and I drank the soap I ran cuz I had to know
Stumbling & flailing Fumes & exhaust black & fluid billow`ed Running for the bus I cry,
"Hold that bus called Happiness."


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