Big
dream girl in a party town
In the quarter with a Mardi
Gras mask
Don't let down
Livin' in a one -room dump
With an alcoholic mother
Over the sooty shock that
she ran for her brother
When the stench of Bourbon Street
took her breath away
And her hopes lay uninspired
She would close up shop,
take the rest of the day
Riding a bus named Desire
Riding a bus named Desire
Till the end of her life
Back again, scheming away
What she was in
Ready to rinse
Ready to give
Ready to love
Ready to live
She's there by my backside
On the big easy
Look in her hair
Only make you feel tired
But I can dream of an undeluded destiny
Riding a bus made desire
Riding a bus made de sire
Of two souls
She said I may not have the kind of talent
That the life I want to lead requires
Oh, but I have a will, I'll learn a skill
I can go a long way on desire
I can go a long way
One day here, next day gone
Taking a leap, she'd been planning on
Maybe New York, maybe LA
Maybe Montana, she never did say
She kept her vision to herself
Took off on an American flight
And she ain't been back
As some folks say
She's been riding a bus named desire
Riding a bus named desire
Hey
Right now I'm going,
go ing somewhere
You