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Pere Ubu – Bus Called Happiness (1989) | Track profile | Dork

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Pere Ubu
Cloudland
Bus Called Happiness

TRACK

Bus Called Happiness

Release date: 1st May 1989

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About This Track

"Bus Called Happiness" is a track by Pere Ubu, from the album Cloudland, released 1st May 1989. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

Lyrics

Bus Called Happiness

[Verse 1]

One day I'll say

Woke up to find a heap of a mess

Running for the bus, I cry

"Hold that bus called Happiness!"

[Chorus]

Why am I so slow?

If I only knew...

Say it isn't so

I wondered what I'd want without you

[Verse 2]

Through the back window

I thought I saw the color of her dress

Which way does it go?

Hmm, buddy, that's the bus called Happiness

[Chorus]

Why am I so slow?

If I only knew...

Say it isn't so

I wondered what I'd want without you

[Verse 1]

One day I'll say

Woke up to find a heap of a mess

Running for the bus, I cry

"Hold that bus called Happiness!"

[Chorus]

Why am I so slow?

If I only knew...

Say it isn't so

I wondered what I'd want without you

Why am I so slow?

If I only knew...

Say it isn't so

I wondered what I'd want without you

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Cloudland

1989

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Album

Release year

1989

—Fire
—Nevada!
—Monday Night
—The Wire
—Why Go Alone
—The Waltz
—Bus Called Happiness
—Flat
—Waiting for Mary
—Race the Sun
—Cry
—Pushin'
—Ice Cream Truck
—Lost Nation Road

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Pere Ubu — Bus Called Happiness

Pere Ubu — Bus Called Happiness

Bus Called Happiness

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