He was there when I started In Knoxville, Tennessee Openin' for Patty Loveless November of '93 Four friends, Mom, and Uncle Butch And the crowd was really small He'd say, I was a scared kid If this bus could talk Some nights, we'd dance with the devil Some nights, we prayed to the Lord Between bathproom passes and Margherita glasses He was never really bored We were starry eyed dreamers Bouncin' off the wall Oh, the stories he could tell If this bus could talk He's seen pool halls, in Texas Down at the Corndog County Fair Girls, that we made cry Some crowds, that didn't care When Bobby rolled us down in 'Bama He kept rockin', through it all Oh, the stories he could tell If this bus could talk Late night conversations Full of drunk philosophy On politics and religion Football and family The loved ones, that we missed An' the lovers, that we lost Oh, the secrets he could share If this bus could talk He's seen Virginia Beach Caught in a hurricane Heroes, I wish I'd never met But, he ain't namin' names We learned the call of the road At the Grizzly Rose, and we had a ball Oh, the stories he could tell If this bus could talk 20 years of summers An' I hope it never ends Been down so many highways Full of twists, and turns, and bends We caught lightnin' in a bottle Somehow, we survived it all Oh, the stories he could tell If this bus could talk As I leave the stage Still high, from your applause He'd tell you, that I love you If this bus could talk If this bus could talk If this bus could talk If this bus could talk

It's pushed cattle on a palomino Somewhere west of San Antone It's laid on the church floor as I talk to the good Lord Cussed out him for callin' grandpa home And it hit the dirt, one night in Fort Worth When I thought I was bulletproof And it got stomped by a bull named "Mile High" Yeah, but I scored 82 It might just be a dusty resistor If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hold on and hang around If this hat could talk, it'd say it's 'bout time we settle down Don't ya think we've done enough ridin' away? Maybe we should take the saddle off the Chevy and stay If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hang it at your place The first time I met ya, I'll never forget ya Snatched it off and put it on the wrong way Hands like a pistol, said, "Boy, take a picture 'Cause I feel like John Wayne" You pull down the brim and I knew right then If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hold on and hang around If this hat could talk, it'd say it's 'bout time we settle down Don't you think we've done enough ridin' away? Maybe we should take the saddle off the Chevy and stay If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hang it at your place Wish I could sit and have a drink with it Man, the stories it could tell From the day I got it shaped and fitted To the day it found its nail If this hat could talk If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hold on and hang around If this hat could talk, it'd say it's 'bout time we settle down Don't you think we've done enough ridin' away? Maybe we should take the saddle off the Chevy and stay If this hat could talk, it'd tell me to hang it at your place If this hat could talk