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Artist: ZZ Top
Canonical path: /zz-top/waitin-for-the-bus
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Waitin' For The Bus
Read Waitin' For The Bus lyrics by ZZ Top on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Waitin' For The Bus
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Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day.
Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day.
I got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay.
Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight.
Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight.
Well, I'm glad just to get on and home tonight.
Right on, that bus done got me back.
Right on, that bus done got me back.
Well, I'll be ridin' on the bus till I Cadillac.
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ZZ Top performs "Waitin' For The Bus", and this lyric page sits inside the ZZ Top catalog on LyroVerse.
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