The Bus From Amarillo - The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas/1978 Original Broadway Cast/Remastered

Caught a bus in Amarillo
It was going to San Antone
Had a brand-new cardboard suitcase
And a windowseat alone
And I thought that I was something
And I dreamed I'd travel far
Maybe be a restaurant hostess
Maybe be a movie star

And the bus from Amarillo
Raced a train along the track
But I never looked behind me
'Cause I wasn't coming back
I had a one-way ticket to nowhere
I was finally traveling free
I had a one-way ticket to go where
Anything was possible for me

We were driving on through Cisco
On our way around to Baird
I got a sudden, funny feeling
And I knew that I was scared
I was shaking like a leaf
As we were coming 'round the curve
Had the suitcase
Had the ticket
But I didn't have the nerve

Yes, the bus from Amarillo
Had me so damn terrified
That I got off at the next stop
And I never took that ride
Didn't want that one-way ticket to nowhere
Didn't want the traveling free
Didn't want that one-way ticket to go where
Anything was possible for me

Well, it's hard now to determine
How a plan just disappears
How the days can turn to weeks
And how the weeks can turn to years
And it's funny, how you wait for things
And want that lucky day
And it's funny, when the bus stopped
I got off and walked away

And the bus from Amarillo
I can hear it still go by
Guess I missed my only chance and now
I swear I don't know why
Guess my one-way ticket to nowhere
God, wish I was traveling free
Once I had a one-way ticket to go where
Anything was possible for me
Anything was possible for me