"Phyllis"

I use the buses all the time.
I go everywhere.
I go to Ross Park Mall, Century,
Monroeville, everywhere, you name it!
I even take my cat up there to get shaved in Dormont.
I don't know what I would do without the buses.

I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT BUSES!
I WAS RIDIN' DAHNTAHN
I WAS SITTIN' ON THAT SIDE THERE
THERE WAS A FELLA SITTIN' DOWN THERE

AND THIS FELLA
HIS EYES WERE DARTIN BACK AND FORTH
I SAW A LOT OF ANGER AND FEAR IN HIS EYES
I PUT A ZIPPER OVER MY MOUTH

AND HE HAD A BRIEF CASE
LIKE A DUFFEL BAG

They put sports stuff in,
Shoes an' 'at.

AND HIS EYES WERE GOIN'
A MILE A MINUTE.
HE KEPT LOOKING AT ME

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT
THERE WAS SOMETHING GOIN' ON WITH HIM

AND LATER THAT NIGHT
OH, YOU'RE IN FOR A SURPRISE
I TELL YOU THAT NIGHT ON THE NEWS,
ON WTAE CHANNEL 4 NEWS
HE WAS THE ONE!
HE ROBBED THE PNC BANK
DAHNTAHN

INSTEAD OF A CAR
HE HOPPED ON THE BUS AT GRANT STREET
AND THAT'S THE FEAR
HE HAD THE MONEY IN THE BAG

HE PROBABLY HAD A GUN IN THERE!
WELL THEY CAUGHT HIM!
WASN'T HE SMART?
WELL HE GOT CAUGHT

I RECOGNIZED HIS FACE IMMEDIATELY
WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO
WITHOUT THE PORT AUTHORITY!
Composed by J. Eliot DeGolia