Waitin' For The Bus Lyrics

Lyric discussion by stodge 

Cover art for Waitin' For The Bus lyrics by ZZ Top

If you look up Van Halen's version of Waitin' On the Bus on YouTube, you will hear David Lee Roth's interpretation of this song... He asked before starting the riff, "How many of you have been to prison? This song is about going to the big house!" It makes a lot of sense, seems like it is about getting out of prison and loading onto a bus to get home "to my cadillac". That's just my interpretation... of the situation... (Outkast quote)... J-Rock

My Interpretation

It's funny you should say the song is about taking the bus home from The Joint. I thought "the bus" was a joint, just like The Who's "Magic Bus".

"Waitin' on the bus all day" means I am just looking forward to getting home and smoking a joint. I will put the weed in my brown paper bag, and pay for it with my take home pay. When I roll a nice and tight doobie, the "old bus be packed up tight." "Well, I'm glad just to get on and home tonight" , so I can smoke it. "That bus...