Holy Man on Malibu Bus Number Three-Dory Previn

[ti:Holy Man on Malibu Bus Number Three] [ar:Dory Previn] [al:Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Holy Man on Malibu Bus Number Three - Dory Previn [00:12.90]When I was two years old [00:15.25]In my mother's arms [00:17.13] [00:18.50]On the malibu bus number three [00:21.12] [00:22.49]A holy man laid [00:24.30]His hand on my head [00:25.93]And said I see I see I see [00:29.71] [00:30.83]This here child [00:32.35]She's got two diffrent eyes [00:34.24] [00:35.37]One is dark and one is light [00:38.84] [00:39.40]One looks out at the morning [00:42.48] [00:43.97]One looks in at the night [00:46.21] [00:47.12]Some see smiles [00:49.81]Or some see tears [00:51.26] [00:51.92]Some see sun or some see rain [00:55.31] [00:56.06]But the child [00:57.44]Who sees both at once [01:00.36]Is the child [01:03.79]Who is destined for pain [01:07.16] [01:09.04]I was just two at the time [01:11.06]But I remember him well [01:12.81] [01:14.89]When I am lost and lonely [01:17.38] [01:18.68]I look for him in [01:20.17]Religious books [01:21.55] [01:22.69]To find his face again [01:25.42] [01:26.21]To find his face again [01:28.21]Perhaps I will some time [01:30.44] [01:31.64]He was hungry [01:33.04]And asked for a quarter [01:34.87] [01:35.82]He was so hungry [01:37.44]And asked for a quarter [01:39.33] [01:40.10]My mother gave him a dime [01:42.92]He blessed her [01:44.33]Generous contribution [01:47.15] [01:47.79]And then he headed for the door [01:52.26]And he said [01:53.92]I got to transfer now [01:56.77]To the bus [01:58.14] [02:00.31]The bus number four [02:03.35] [02:05.99]I been down to the depot [02:10.34]To look for number four [02:12.55] [02:14.16]The station master [02:16.42]Shook his head [02:17.81]And said four don't [02:19.52]Run no more no more no more [02:24.39] [02:26.49]I ride the malibu [02:27.94]Bus almost every day [02:30.68] [02:32.44]But no one's seen [02:33.97]Or heard of him [02:35.54] [02:36.24]No one's seen or heard of him [02:39.01] [02:40.42](my mother died last may) [02:42.95] [02:43.74]He had the nicest smile [02:45.80]Just like a silver star [02:47.50] [02:48.40]It lit up malibu bus number three [02:51.99] [02:53.34]But I don't have [02:54.48] [02:55.31]Two diffrent eyes [02:57.07] [02:57.75]As far as I can see [03:00.29]The right one looks with the body [03:04.88] [03:05.43]The left one sees with the soul [03:09.08] [03:09.80]That was the very last thing [03:12.15]I heard him say [03:13.45] [03:14.37]Before he took his transfer [03:17.28]And was on his way [03:18.65]He crossed the [03:19.57]Road to number four [03:22.13] [03:23.01]But number four [03:24.82] [03:25.77]Didn't run any more [03:27.98] [03:31.97]I don't understand [03:38.60] [03:40.36]Sometimes I think he was yellow [03:43.55] [03:44.58]Sometimes I think he was tan [03:47.82] [03:48.51]And sometimes [03:49.61]I think he was a woman [03:52.52] [03:54.15]A woman dressed as a man [04:00.58] [04:01.27]And though he was old and ancient [04:04.79] [04:05.43]And I was less than three [04:09.09] [04:09.68]Would you laugh [04:11.10] [04:11.95]If I should mention [04:13.60] [04:14.69]Sometimes [04:16.26] [04:17.90]I think [04:19.24]He was me [04:25.59] [04:35.72]I don't understand