Twenty Seven Strangers

The bus was late
 And forced us all to congregate
 Twenty seven strangers
 Made to stand and wait
 The time went by
 The sun went down
 A baby cried
 I just stood in line
 But there is no cue
 No stage hand saying what to do
 And you are me
 And I am you
 The bus it came
 And everybody loaded in
 Twenty seven strangers
 In a moving can
 The fluorescent light
 Doubled everyone inside
 The baby's face reflected
 In the shop fronts, in the sky
 But faces change
 And rules they all get rearranged
 And photographs
 All fade away
 The bus broke down
 At the graveyard on the edge of town
 Twenty seven strangers
 Separate without a sound
 So I walked home
 Just feeling nothing on my own
 Noticing that tree of yours
 I've been watching it grow
 So that's why I'm late
 My dearest one what can I say
 And tomorrow it could be the same
 When I do it all again