Raymond and the Wires - Robyn Hitchcock

My eyes have seen the trolley bus

On her pneumatic tyres

Vamping down the highroad

Drinking from the wires

My eyes have seen the trolley bus

Her rivets and her wheels

Sinking electricity

I wonder how that feels

I wonder

My eyes have seen the trolley bus

In 1964

I caught one with my father

We climbed through the back door

We couldn’t sit upstairs because

My father’s leg was bad

He spoke to me behind the glass

He was a lonesome dad

My eyes have seen the trolley bus

The silent way she moves

You miss the love you never had

The needle skips the grooves

I never knew my father close

Although i took him in

He travels round beside me now

He goes everywhere i’ve been

I wonder

I wonder

My eyes have seen the trolley bus