The Chinatown Bus
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โฑ๏ธ 3:22 duration
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I caught the bus in Chinatown
And slept the whole way up I-95
The driver, cut and weaved
So crazy, just his luck kept him alive
I guess I believed his rhythm
On that morning after New Year's Eve
And I remember Shanghai
How I wasn't sure just what was safe to eat
The chickens pecked and wandered
At the barefoot ankles of the children
Hawking figurines
Of workers smiling
What's the Chinese word for cheese?
Watched a sidewalk butcher
His instinctive understanding
Made the carcass snap and clarify
Beneath his nimble hands that held the knife
So long, so many times
The handles changed to shapes
Just like his fingers and his palms
And I
I am a passenger tonight
I watch the world
From inside
2AM in Tokyo
It's still too soon to call back
To the people who will soon begin
The day I polished off
And I will walk a mile amidst the neon lights
That advertise
I don't know just what they sell
I tell the taxi driver
To the Park Hyatt-o
And his gloves are pristine white
Just like the girls I used to know
Would wear to dance their first cotillion
Every single one of them named Jennifer
I clutched at the Saint Christopher
I picked up at some country abbey
Long ago when I believed
He'd keep me safe and make me happy
But it seems the luck he brings
Is not the common currency
A penny in Japan
And I, I am a passenger tonight
I watch the world
From inside
And slept the whole way up I-95
The driver, cut and weaved
So crazy, just his luck kept him alive
I guess I believed his rhythm
On that morning after New Year's Eve
And I remember Shanghai
How I wasn't sure just what was safe to eat
The chickens pecked and wandered
At the barefoot ankles of the children
Hawking figurines
Of workers smiling
What's the Chinese word for cheese?
Watched a sidewalk butcher
His instinctive understanding
Made the carcass snap and clarify
Beneath his nimble hands that held the knife
So long, so many times
The handles changed to shapes
Just like his fingers and his palms
And I
I am a passenger tonight
I watch the world
From inside
2AM in Tokyo
It's still too soon to call back
To the people who will soon begin
The day I polished off
And I will walk a mile amidst the neon lights
That advertise
I don't know just what they sell
I tell the taxi driver
To the Park Hyatt-o
And his gloves are pristine white
Just like the girls I used to know
Would wear to dance their first cotillion
Every single one of them named Jennifer
I clutched at the Saint Christopher
I picked up at some country abbey
Long ago when I believed
He'd keep me safe and make me happy
But it seems the luck he brings
Is not the common currency
A penny in Japan
And I, I am a passenger tonight
I watch the world
From inside
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:01.73] I caught the bus in Chinatown
[00:20.94] And slept the whole way up I-95
[00:23.93] The driver, cut and weaved
[00:25.89] So crazy, just his luck kept him alive
[00:29.09] I guess I believed his rhythm
[00:30.79] On that morning after New Year's Eve
[00:34.56] And I remember Shanghai
[00:37.26] How I wasn't sure just what was safe to eat
[00:40.63] The chickens pecked and wandered
[00:42.44] At the barefoot ankles of the children
[00:45.44] Hawking figurines
[00:47.12] Of workers smiling
[00:48.27] What's the Chinese word for cheese?
[00:50.98] Watched a sidewalk butcher
[00:53.60] His instinctive understanding
[00:56.04] Made the carcass snap and clarify
[00:58.50] Beneath his nimble hands that held the knife
[01:01.87] So long, so many times
[01:03.56] The handles changed to shapes
[01:05.57] Just like his fingers and his palms
[01:07.97] And I
[01:10.63] I am a passenger tonight
[01:14.21] I watch the world
[01:19.33] From inside
[01:26.10] 2AM in Tokyo
[01:33.42] It's still too soon to call back
[01:36.23] To the people who will soon begin
[01:38.74] The day I polished off
[01:40.64] And I will walk a mile amidst the neon lights
[01:43.61] That advertise
[01:45.76] I don't know just what they sell
[01:47.88] I tell the taxi driver
[01:49.96] To the Park Hyatt-o
[01:52.19] And his gloves are pristine white
[01:54.77] Just like the girls I used to know
[01:57.35] Would wear to dance their first cotillion
[01:59.88] Every single one of them named Jennifer
[02:04.04] I clutched at the Saint Christopher
[02:06.92] I picked up at some country abbey
[02:09.42] Long ago when I believed
[02:11.68] He'd keep me safe and make me happy
[02:14.07] But it seems the luck he brings
[02:16.54] Is not the common currency
[02:18.76] A penny in Japan
[02:21.45] And I, I am a passenger tonight
[02:26.94] I watch the world
[02:33.50] From inside
[02:38.56]
[00:20.94] And slept the whole way up I-95
[00:23.93] The driver, cut and weaved
[00:25.89] So crazy, just his luck kept him alive
[00:29.09] I guess I believed his rhythm
[00:30.79] On that morning after New Year's Eve
[00:34.56] And I remember Shanghai
[00:37.26] How I wasn't sure just what was safe to eat
[00:40.63] The chickens pecked and wandered
[00:42.44] At the barefoot ankles of the children
[00:45.44] Hawking figurines
[00:47.12] Of workers smiling
[00:48.27] What's the Chinese word for cheese?
[00:50.98] Watched a sidewalk butcher
[00:53.60] His instinctive understanding
[00:56.04] Made the carcass snap and clarify
[00:58.50] Beneath his nimble hands that held the knife
[01:01.87] So long, so many times
[01:03.56] The handles changed to shapes
[01:05.57] Just like his fingers and his palms
[01:07.97] And I
[01:10.63] I am a passenger tonight
[01:14.21] I watch the world
[01:19.33] From inside
[01:26.10] 2AM in Tokyo
[01:33.42] It's still too soon to call back
[01:36.23] To the people who will soon begin
[01:38.74] The day I polished off
[01:40.64] And I will walk a mile amidst the neon lights
[01:43.61] That advertise
[01:45.76] I don't know just what they sell
[01:47.88] I tell the taxi driver
[01:49.96] To the Park Hyatt-o
[01:52.19] And his gloves are pristine white
[01:54.77] Just like the girls I used to know
[01:57.35] Would wear to dance their first cotillion
[01:59.88] Every single one of them named Jennifer
[02:04.04] I clutched at the Saint Christopher
[02:06.92] I picked up at some country abbey
[02:09.42] Long ago when I believed
[02:11.68] He'd keep me safe and make me happy
[02:14.07] But it seems the luck he brings
[02:16.54] Is not the common currency
[02:18.76] A penny in Japan
[02:21.45] And I, I am a passenger tonight
[02:26.94] I watch the world
[02:33.50] From inside
[02:38.56]