No Passengers, Please!
Generate a whimsical children’s story-style song about Ben, a bus driver who loves steering his bus alone. Feature jaunty piano, bassoon, hand claps, and tambourine with playful melodies and a storytelling vocal tone.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ben gets up before the sun
Buttoned shirt
One shoe undone
Thermos
Hat
And crooked grin
Whistles while he’s climbing in
He pats the dashboard
Says
“It’s us
Just you and me
My bouncy bus”
He turns the key
The mirrors gleam
He hums a tune
A little dream
[Chorus]
Ben loves steering his bus alone
Rolling along like a mobile home
Down the hill and around the bend
Every bump is his silly friend
Tap
Tap
Tap as the street signs pass
(hey!)
Clap
Clap
Clap as they cross the glass
Ben loves steering his bus alone
But the whole wide world rides along
[Verse 2]
He greets the trees on Daisy Lane
“Morning
Oaks!” they wave their canes
Counts the dogs on Puddle Street
Each one dancing on its feet
He tells a joke to every cloud
Makes them chuckle
Fluffy
Loud
He sings their names in wiggly rhyme
Stretching out the driving time
[Chorus]
Ben loves steering his bus alone
Rolling along like a mobile throne
Past the ducks and the dandelions
Past the socks on the telephone lines
Tap
Tap
Tap as the raindrops fall
(oh yeah!)
Clap
Clap
Clap as he answers all
Ben loves steering his bus alone
But the whole wide world rides along
[Bridge]
[Soft piano
Little bassoon wobble]
Sometimes people climb aboard
Backpacks
Stories
Lost accord
Ben just smiles and tips his hat
Says
“There’s room for tales like that”
They giggle at his talking trees
At clouds that sneeze out rainbow sneeze
And though he drives from town to town
He keeps his bouncy secret sound (shh)
[Chorus]
Ben loves steering his bus alone
Rolling along in his make-believe zone
Every road is a scribbled map
Full of cheers and a clippy-clap
Tap
Tap
Tap as the day turns new
(hey!)
Clap
Clap
Clap as they sing it too
Ben loves steering his bus alone
But the whole wide world rides along