My friend Adam said Beating The Killbus would be a cool name for a song. It refers to people who rescue retired greyhounds, and the practice of adopting the animals before they are carted off to be euthanized. Originally it was a jam for the band Adam, my wife, and I were in together. That band evolved into a cover band, so many months later I finally added lyrics and recorded the song in my one-man-band fashion using only a comb and some chalk.

Waiting for the bus to take you all away
Waiting for the bus to save you all for now
Waiting for the time you know it's me in glass
Waiting 'til the day we part and you'll never know

Have you heard the song we sing in aftermath?
Do you dream about me? Dream you eyes closed
Have you seen the sunset's day anathema?
Can you know what makes your heart beat so fast?

We will
See another day begin
We shall
Lose another heart to dream
We all
Love you 'til the sunset fades
We need
Remind us of the soul we keep

Time and time again we join in voices still
Say a prayer for those who still will never know
All in all we save the ones we think we hold alone
Sweetest heart you left me and no one ever knows it

Beating The Killbus

Whiskymotor

Original recording of the Tears for Fears song from 1985

Head Over Heels

Musical suite dedicated to the Polish soldiers and scholars who perished in the Katyn Massacre.

Steve Delaney