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In the spring of 1978, after graduating from Leeds University, i got a job on the buses working out of Headingley Garage, plying my trade on the 93 and 96 routes between the City Centre and the northern suburbs.This song was inspired by my time on the road with Leeds Metro. The anti-social hours I had to work definitely made holding down a relationship difficult.

We used a bit of poetic license here as I was a mere conductor not a driver and route No1 sounds better than the No93 to Cookridge.

If anybody is interested, I wrote a piece for The Guardian in 2000 about my life on the buses. After listening you can read it here:

www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,212048,00.html

lyrics

DRIVER

In the morning wake up by your side
Put on my shoes and find my way outside
But you're not awake and the sun don't shine
It's four in the morning and I'm not feeling fine

'Cos I'm on my way to work
To earn my bread
I've got to drive a Number One
Every day I'm on the road
Sweating blood
I'm just trying to keep to time

In the evening when I get home
You're not there, I find myself all alone
I go to bed, waiting for your return
But you're at work, I've got my time to burn

'Till I'm on my way back to work
To earn my bread
I've got to drive a Number One
But for every day I'm on the road
There's a night without you
'Cos you've got a job of your own

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from Losing Track Of Time, released July 14, 2021
Words and music
by Ian Tasker and Peter Monteith
Guitars and vocal
by Ian Tasker
Other instruments
Logic Pro 10.6
© 2021

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Ian Tasker Sherborne, UK

Hi - Thank you for visiting my site.

A retired journalist from Sherborne in Dorset, the lockdown gave me the time to finally record some of the songs I wrote decades ago - together with a few new ones.

"It's Later Than You Think" - released on 22nd September 2023 - is my second album, following on from 2021's "Losing Track Of Time"

Give me a listen and feel free to message me your comments. ... more

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