He was there when I started
In Knoxville, Tennessee
Openin' for Patty Loveless
November of '93
Four 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 prayed to the Lord
Between bathproom passes and Margherita glasses
He was never really bored
We were starry eyed dreamers
Bouncin' off the wall
Oh, the stories he could tell
If this bus could talk
He's seen pool halls, in Texas
Down at the Corndog County Fair
Girls, that we made cry
Some crowds, that didn't care
When Bobby rolled us down in 'Bama
He kept rockin', through it all
Oh, 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 loved ones, that we missed
An' the lovers, that we lost
Oh, the secrets he could share
If this bus could talk
He's seen Virginia Beach
Caught in a hurricane
Heroes, I wish I'd never met
But, he ain't namin' names
We learned the call of the road
At the Grizzly Rose, and we had a ball
Oh, the stories he could tell
If this bus could talk
20 years of summers
An' I hope it never ends
Been down so many highways
Full of twists, and turns, and bends
We caught lightnin' in a bottle
Somehow, we survived it all
Oh, 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