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I Ride the Bus

from This Place Is Not My Home by Blake Farha

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I collected my change,
Bought a cup of cheap black coffee.
The styrofoam warms my hands.
I transmit my grime,
I spread my dirt across
This pure white cup of mine.

I ride the bus just to get warm,
Watch the same tired sights pass by
Until they kick me off.

Just a bought of bad luck,
I haven’t begged for a dime because my pride
Won’t let me hold up a sign,
But everyone averts their eyes.
I’m just a smudge on this world,
Black as this filth on this cup of mine.

And I ride the bus just to get warm,
Feel the same fleeting glances in the angry eyes
That pass me by.

No, this sidewalk is not my home.
I’m just waiting here for the tides
To change my way.
And I swear I won’t stay long.
This is not my first foray
Into the depths of adversity.

But until my feet
Get back on solid ground
I’ll ride the bus,
Just to get warm.

I collect my change,
Buy a cup of cheap black coffee,
And spread my grime on this cup of mine.

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from This Place Is Not My Home, released May 24, 2018

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Blake Farha Berlin, Germany

Blake Farha is a native Texan singer/songwriter who has been playing and writing music for over 17 years.

Fueled by his transience, Blake’s vocal driven tunes are reflections of wanderlust, that ever elusive search for self, and the people he meets along the way.
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