Name: Bus Depot Blue
Duration: P00H04M26S
Description: Thematically a pretty straight up boy and girl go their separate ways kind of hurtin' country song, distinguished by some strong imagery. A stripped down arrangement with accordion, vocals, lap steel, and 50's era drum machine, The Wurlitzer Sideman.

Bus Depot Blue

from Hurtin' Dance Party by David P. Smith

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Thematically a pretty straight up boy and girl go their separate ways kind of hurtin' country song, distinguished by some strong imagery. A stripped down arrangement with accordion, vocals, lap steel, and 50's era drum machine, The Wurlitzer Sideman.

lyrics

Snot-nosed kids with Grandma
knapsacks and sweethearts
Seats adjoined row on row
all vinyl and chrome
Ghostly figures on the screens
of coin-operated TV's
like flickering memories
of a time we used to know
This big and modern bus depot
is the end of the road
You're riding Greyhound to Saskatoon
you might as well be flying to the moon

And I'm sick with hurt and I'm confused
I'm sick of arguing 'til dawn
I'm sick with booze and missing you
you're barely been gone
My heart is in my mouth
it might fall out on the floor
I can still see you walking
out that automatic door

Yodel

A hundred mile high prairie sky
towers sullen and grey
The night flies in on silent wings
sucks the light out of the day
Clouds fall to the ground
rain is all around
you're headed east I'm headed west
I guess you know best
Travelling down this highway
my heart is filled with regret
A note to myself: remember to forget

Remember to forget
the joy that we had
Remember to remember
all the crap that made me sad
There's nothing on the radio
'cept preachers and white noise
it's better than listening
to the echoes of your voice

Yodel

credits

from Hurtin' Dance Party, released October 15, 2002
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Scott Henderson at Sea of Shit Studios.

Music and lyrics by David P. Smith
David P. Smith -accordion,vocals
Tolan McNeil - lap steel

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more