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Fun on the Bus - 2025 Remix
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A breezy little jazz number about keeping yourself entertained during life's slower moments.
jazz funny contemporary folk
Folk music for postmoderns
I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Genre
Jazz Jazz General
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1995, 2025
Uploaded
November 19, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB 182 kbps 2:55
Lyrics
[verse 1] I drop in my exact change it goes clink I take a seat in the back a woman looks at me strange I don't care what she thinks I am wearing my bright colors today I'm wearing my Minnie Mouse sunglasses I start to practice out loud some lines from a play everybody looks and then looks away then I get to my song I say "folks, sing along" [vhorus] Fun on the bus there sre so many ways you can have fun on the bus or in a waiting room or in a bank line otherwise you're just wasting time why not tap dance on the elevator it's all wasted time and sooner or later it adds up to a lot of your life [instrumental] [verse 2] there is a woman across from me she is looking out the window I count the colors in her hat she looks at me and I wave she doesn't know what to do about that I say goodbye to her as she gets off at her stop I greet the new people -- I am leader of the bus I practice my molologue [chorus] fun on the bus there are so many ways you can have fun on the bus or in a phone booth or during a moment of silence otherwise your just wasting time why not run up the down escalator it's all wasted time and sooner or later it adds up to a lot of your life
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