This song is about the saddest bus ride I have ever taken. I was headed home from college for Christmas. I was convinced that the love of my life would find someone new in the two weeks that I would be gone. The further the bus got from her, the sadder I became. Then I wrote this song.
Lyrics
Houston
© J. Craig Mecham
Got on board a bus to Houston
I said bus driver please
Take me down to Houston
I got some pain I gotta ease
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My woman left me.
Seems like a year ago.
Now I’m bound to wander
Where ‘ere the four winds blow
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Rollin wheels take me down the road
I’m a roamin man with a heavy load.
Whinin’ wheels take me away
Plenty of tomorrows but no yesterdays
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All I got’s this ten dollar bill.
That’s all she left for me.
Gonna ride it far as I can
Ain’t it great bein’ free
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My stomach has been empty now
For several long, long days.
But don’t you worry ‘bout me.
I don’t get hungry anyway
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Rollin wheels take me down the road
I’m a roamin man with a heavy load.
Whinin’ wheels take me away
Plenty of tomorrows but no yesterdays
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