Don't Miss The Bus

Don’t Miss The Bus
by Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© 1998 HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Here it comes ’round the corner, big and yellow and loud.
Can’t you hear it?
The school bus coming to pick up the school bus crowd.
It’s very quiet on 4th Street, the kids are all up in bed.
Then Mama bangs on the bedroom door
And this is what Mama said:
Get up get up get up get up! She makes an awful fuss.
Get up get up get up get up! Don’t miss the bus!

Make a right onto Main Street,
’Round the circle and back.
Can’t you hear it,
The school bus coming over the railroad track.
Sleepyheads on 4th Street
Are tumbling out on the floor.
Wash your face, brush your teeth, oh no!
There’s a line at the bathroom door.
Get up get up get up get up! You’re making me nervous.
Get up get up get up get up! Don’t miss the bus!

Betty Baker drives the bus, Betty Baker’s neat.
But Betty waits for no one
So you better move your feet!

Panic time on 4th Street. This is no time to play.
Grab your backpack and drink your juice
’Cause the bus is a block away.
“Have you seen my viola?” Don’t forget your homework! “Oh no!”
“How do you lose a viola?” C’mon it’s time to go.

Betty turns onto 4th Street, Mama’s getting upset.
The bus comes screeching to a stop.
Kids, aren’t you ready yet?
Hurrying, scurrying down the stairs,
The bus door’s opening wide.
With a “Hello Betty!”
“Goodbye Mom!” they disappear inside.
Get up get up get up get up! “Hey, Betty wait for us!”
Get up get up get up get up! Don’t miss the bus!

You can miss your mama, miss your daddy,
Miss your Uncle Gus.
You miss me and I’ll miss you
But don’t miss the bus.
You can miss some sleep, mystify and miscellaneous.
You can misbehave and misconstrue
But don’t miss the bus. Don’t miss the bus!
Mom will be furious! Don’t miss the bus!

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Hometown CD.

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