Here's our music video for Waiting for a Bus, made by our good friend @Bennytime
You can find this song on our album Season Two.
Fun Facts about Waiting for a Bus
- Gus started writing the song while waiting for a bus from Manly Vale to Sydney in 2015.
- Waiting for a Bus was a winner in the kids category of the 2020 International Songwriting Competition
- The line at the end of the song - "prepay only" - was often said by bus drivers when the buses in Sydney were switching over from buying tickets in cash to the opal card system. It took Sydneysiders a long time to get used to the idea that they could no longer pay for a bus ticket in cash.
- Every member of The Vegetable Plot sings this song every time they are waiting for a bus, whether they want to or not!
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Waiting for a Bus was written by Aspara Gus and produced by Tom Ato
The lead vocal is by Aspara Gus
Tuba by Cazzbo Johns
Drums by Mr Beet
Bass by Sir Paul McCarrotney
Violin and piano accordion by Claire O'Meara
Guitar by Aspara Gus
Piano and backing vocal by Tom Ato
"Sorry mate prepay only" by Jess Graham
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Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along:
Waiting for a Bus
We’re waiting.................
for a bus
is that our bus?
no, that is just a truck
We’re waiting
for a bus
is that our bus?
“Not in service”
that was not our bus
Traffic jam traffic jam
all over the street
this is not the kind of jam
people like to eat
bees make honey by buzzing into flowers
and people make traffic jam, traffic jam, traffic jaaaam
by sitting in their cars for hours and hours
Chorus
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
waiting for a bus
We’re waiting.......waiting.......still waiting…..still waiting
for a bus
is that our bus?
”School special”
but it’s Saturday!?
that was not our bus
How I wish we could just
ride our bicycles
without the threat of heavy metal motor vehicles
or that we could fly so high above the town
hovering like hummingbirds, hummingbirds, hummingbirrrrds
looking at the cars like ants on the ground
Chorus
The people in their cars
look out of the glass
like prisoners in solitary cells
sitting all alone
staring at their phones
filling up the air with stress and dust and smoke and stress
and all kinds of toxic, nasty smells
We’re waiting……still waiting
for a bus
is that our bus?
well, it is slowing down
it’s stopping……the doors are opening
[gasp]
OMG
THAT’S OUR BUS!
[All aboard]
When we first got to the stop
we were the only ones
now there’s a line of forty people waiting just like us
it seems like we’ve been standing here for hours maybe months
then all of sudden over the hill, over the hill, over the hiiilll
not one
not two
but three buses all come along at once
12 tickets please
Sorry mate, prepay only
WHAT!!!
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