(Verse 1) Texas came around lunchtime Or maybe somewhere after that Days on a Greyhound tend to blur Till every town looks like the last The driver said, "Twenty minutes." And I figured that was plenty Till I spotted a little diner sign And a burger calling me Now I'd never had a bison burger Back in Ashtabula, Ohio So I walked around the corner Thinking I had time to kill (Chorus) Bison Burger, Texas Best thing I ever ate And for about ten minutes I thought I was gonna miss my fate One burger One bus One very bad plan Bison Burger, Texas Almost made me a permanent Texan (Verse 2) The waitress took my order Then disappeared from sight I watched the clock keep moving And suddenly things weren't right Five minutes became ten Ten became fifteen And every second felt like gasoline Poured onto anxiety I asked, "How much longer?" She said, "Honey, it'll be right up." Those are dangerous words When you're riding Greyhound buses (Chorus) Bison Burger, Texas Best thing I ever ate And for about ten minutes I thought I was gonna miss my fate One burger One bus One very bad plan Bison Burger, Texas Almost made me a permanent Texan (Bridge) Then I saw the burger coming At exactly the wrong time Because now I had a choice to make Leave it Or run I grabbed that plate Took three bites Paid my bill and hit the street Running like the devil himself Was chasing me (Verse 3) The Greyhound still sat waiting Like some miracle from above The driver looked annoyed enough To make me question love I climbed aboard half breathless Burger in my hand And earned the kind of stare Only bus drivers understand (Final Chorus) Bison Burger, Texas Best thing I ever ate And somehow I made the bus Though I arrived a little late One burger One bus One lesson learned that day Never trust your schedule When a Greyhound's pulling away (Outro) Still thinking about that burger... Forty-six years later.
