Track 1 of the EP Tea-Time Requests · 2018
Night Bus Number Nine
“We missed the last train after a show and the number nine saved us. We sang this one the whole ride.”
xinyao · night-bus folk · nostalgic groove · 3:28
Lyrics
We missed the last train after the show So we climbed on number nine Front seat upstairs, the whole town aglow Your shoulder and mine in line We sang the old songs, soft and off key The windows went misty and white You drew a small heart on the glass for me And the city rolled on through the night Oh, night bus number nine Take the long way home Past the sleeping shops and the shining signs We're in no hurry to be alone Sing it one more time While the streetlights blur and glow Night bus number nine Don't let this ride go slow The driver turned his radio down When he heard us harmonise A woman in a raincoat smiled like she'd found A tune from her own young eyes We counted the stops like beads on a string Every name a memory made I wished that the road would just go on and sing And the moment would never fade Oh, night bus number nine Take the long way home Past the sleeping shops and the shining signs We're in no hurry to be alone Sing it one more time While the streetlights blur and glow Night bus number nine Don't let this ride go slow Hum it low, hum it slow Let the engine keep the beat Ten years on, I'd give it all For that cold and steamy seat Now I ride that route on my own sometimes And I sit upstairs by the glass I hear us singing in the old chimes Of the bell as the stops go past Oh, night bus number nine Take the long way home Past the sleeping shops and the shining signs We're in no hurry to be alone Sing it one more time While the streetlights blur and glow Night bus number nine Thank you for the ride, so slow Thank you for the ride