if this bus could talk

he was there when i started

in knoxville

tennessee

opening for patty loveless

november of '93

full of friends

mom

and uncle butch

and the crowd was really small

he'd say i was a scared kid

if this bus could talk

some nights we'd dance with the devil

some nights we'd pray to the lord

between vibrant passes and margarita glasses

he was never really bored

we were starry eyed dreamers

bouncing off the wall

and all the stories he could tell

if this bus could talk

he'd seen pool halls in texas

and every corndog county fair

girls that we'd make cry

some crowds that didn't care

when bobby rolled us down in 'bama

he kept rocking through it all

all the stories he could tell

if this bus could talk

late night conversations

full of drunk philosophy

on politics and religion

football and family

the lovers that we missed

and the lovers that we lost

all the secrets he could share

if this bus could talk

he'd seen virginia beach

caught in a hurricane

heroes i wish i never met but he ain't naming names

we learned the code of the road at the grizzly rose

then we had a ball

all the stories he could tell

if this bus could talk

many years of summers

and i hope it never ends

been down so many highways

full of twists and turns and bends

we caught lightning in a bottle

somehow we survived it all

all the stories he could tell

if this bus could talk

as i leave the stage

still high from your applause

he'd tell you that i love you

if this bus could talk

if this bus could talk

if this bus could talk

if this bus could talk