Deconstructing Song Lyrics - Magic Bus by The Who

Well on the advice of my dear friend Katy I am going to move my blog to Wordpress.  I actually had already set up an account when I set this one up but couldn't figure out how to get it to work because I was having issues.  After I created this blog I found an email that I was supposed to click and verify before it would allow me to use the Wordpress account.  D'oh!


So at any rate because I'm moving the blog I'm going to be off the blogging for a few days while I set up my new site and figure out all the awesome features.  But I leave you with my daughter's favorite "feature" - deconstructing song lyrics!


A few quick notes about my last deconstruction.  My friend Stacey confirmed the gentleman in the movie "The Lost Boys" performing the song was indeed the artist himself Tim Cappello.  And the song was actually not written by him but by The Call who also perform a song I am very fond of, "Let the Day Begin".


I will quit prattling on!


I present a deconstructed version of the following with lyrics courtesy of LyricsFreak:

Magic Bus

by

The Who

Every day I get in the queue (Too much, Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, Magic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, Magic Bus)
You house is only another mile (Too much, Magic Bus)

Well this song seems to start with a lot of visuals.  He waits, he gets on, he's looking forward to seeing - you.  You who?  You YOU.

Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, Magic Bus)
You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, Magic Bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, Magic Bus)
But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, Magic Bus)

Now we have him thanking the driver and wanting to buy the bus?  Beginning to think this song is not about a bus at all but, knowing the era, may be some kind of drug reference...

Heck no you can't have it.

REJECTED

I don't care how much I pay (Too much, Magic Bus)
I want to drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, Magic Bus)

Dawwww, he wants to see his baby (or drugs) every day.

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (You can't have it!)
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
'Cause I drive my baby every way

He can't have the bus so he's still spending the mad dough.  Thruppence and sixpence, yo.

Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus ...

I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
I drive my baby every way (Too much, Magic Bus)
Each time I go a different way (Too much, Magic Bus)

Spice it up by going a different way?  You rebel!

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ...

Every day you'll see the dust (Too much, Magic Bus)
As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)

He never got the bus so I'm not sure how he got it.  It must be drugs.

Well this song if I looked it up would make a lot more sense but without looking anything up I can't tell if it is about a bus ride, a drug trip or a reference to something else.  But this is just my snap reactions to I'm left feeling confused and meh.  Although I enjoy the beat of the song and everything, of course.

The lyrics leave a lot to be desired for me.  2 out of 10.  Sorry Mr. Pete Townshend!

See you all in a few days on another site.  I will announce it on facebook like how I obnoxiously push this blog on you now.