Key: G# minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Little old man,
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little old man staring down the road
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Waiting on the bus,
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he's getting kinda cold
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Bus finally gets there,
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he got nowhere to sit down
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And the driver said, "You can stand right here behind me
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or wait for the next one to come around"
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And the old man says, "That's okay,
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I'll stand
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I might look like a little old man to you
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But I've been riding this bus for
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years and years and years
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I don't even know where
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it's going to"
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And the driver says,
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"You don't know where this bus is going to?"
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Old man says, "No,
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I don't, do you?"
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Driver says, "You don't know where
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this bus is going to?"
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Old man says,
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"I just want it to get me through
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Hey, I'm staying on the ride,
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it's gonna take me somewhere
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Staying on the ride,
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it's gonna take me somewhere
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Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere,
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somewhere"
Verse 2
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The bus is rolling along,
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outside it's looking kinda strange
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The Earth is shak ing,
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the clouds are breaking
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Everything is blue where
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it was gray
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A thousand rivers flood
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over fields of snow
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The driver looks back in the
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mirror for the old man
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"Where did he go, where did he go?
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Oh, there he is
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Hey, old man, old man, old man,
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you still don't know?"
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And the old man says, "No, I don't son,
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but I'm happy to go"
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Hey, "I'm staying on the ride,
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it's gonna take me somewhere"
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Hey, he said, "I'm staying on the ride,
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it's gonna take me somewhere
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Somewhere, somewhere,
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somewhere, somewhere
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I was born
Verse 3
with no name,
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knowing nothing, still I don't
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Somebody said, 'You need a name,
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I'm gonna give you a name'
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And I said, 'No, you won't,' I said,
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'No, you won't'"
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Oh,
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"You can let me off here,
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son, thank you for the ride"
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And the driver said, "This is the middle of nowhere,
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sir,"
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He pulls off to the side
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And the old man says, "It might look that way to you,
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maybe it is"
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Old man says, "It might look that way to you,
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son, maybe it is,"
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And he says, "Stay on the ride,
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it's gonna take you somewhere,"
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Hey, hey, he said, "Stay on the ride,
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it's gonna take you somewhere
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Somewhere, somewhere,
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somewhere, somewhere
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It always takes you somewhere,
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gonna take you somewhere
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It always takes you somewhere,
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gotta take you somewhere
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It always takes you somewhere,
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gonna take you somewhere
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It always takes you somewhere,
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gonna take you somewhere"
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