[Verse 1: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, low and honest] Two years on the overnight, the bus nobody needs Three riders on a good night and a city full of weeds Nurse at a quarter past one, baker at three Old man who just rides it so he don't sleep alone, like me And a voice on the handset every hour on the hour Nadia on dispatch in a room up in the tower She talked me round a water main, talked me through a flat Talked about her mother and her brother and her cat Never seen her face, never asked for her name twice Two years of a voice is a whole lot of life Then a letter on the board, says the route is getting cut Last run Friday night, then the garage doors shut [Hook: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, full chest] Off route tonight, the city can wait Every light going green, every street running straight Two years of a voice and I'm finally late Off route tonight, the city can wait [Verse 2: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, building] Friday night, last run, and I took it real slow Waved at every stop that I wasn't gonna know Nurse gave me a hug, baker gave me bread Old man shook my hand and didn't say what he said Then at two in the morning with the bus running empty Handset crackled once, and the quiet got plenty Unit nine, she said, there's a pickup off the line Not on any schedule, not on any sign I said Nadia, the route, they gon' write me up for this She said, it's the last night, what's a write-up gonna miss So I clicked off the sign on the front, said not in service And my hands on the wheel were the right kind of nervous [Hook: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, full chest] Off route tonight, the city can wait Every light going green, every street running straight Two years of a voice and I'm finally late Off route tonight, the city can wait [Bridge: Dusky female singer, off-route turn, piano alone under her voice] Left on Prospect, where the bakery lights are low Right at the river, take it easy, take it slow Past the yard and the bridge and the last of the town Streetlight on the corner, baby, bring it down [Verse 3: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, the arrival] There's a woman on the corner with two coffees in her hands Got a jacket from the depot and a look like she had plans I opened up the doors and she climbed up the steps Said hi, I'm the voice, and I didn't know what's next She sat right up front where nobody ever sat And we drove that empty bus to the end of the map [Final Hook: Heart-on-sleeve male MC, heart-on-sleeve, full chest] Off route tonight, the city can wait Every light going green, every street running straight Two years of a voice and I'm finally late Off route tonight, the city can wait [End]
0/500