DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET?

Laurel Canyon version

Hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give them names
Don't trust men who walk with canes
Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Oh Christmas crier bustin' cane
He's in love again

Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in Vistavision perform for out of state kids at the late show

Wizard imps and sweatsock pimps
Interstellar mongrel nymphs
Oh Rex said that lady left him limp
Loves like that, sure it is
Oh Queen of Diamonds, Ace of Spades
Newly discovered lovers of the everglades
They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
And Mary Lou she found out how to cope
She rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The Daily News asks her for the dope
She says "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"
Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky young matador

This version of DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? was recorded during the Laurel Canyon Demos between Jun and Aug 1972 in the 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York City. Check also the Tracks version.

Available on:

1. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ (track 4)*
2. Tracks (disc 1- track 4)**

* original album's version
** Tracks version