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Road Scholar

from Busking Beyond Borders by David Fisher

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A look back on some of my hitch-hiking experiences in the Balkans, using a pun given to me by a travel companion who I met in Malta.

lyrics

Standing at the Balkan border
Is that Friday night with Trevor Eve?
No, it's just where I am right now
Trying to keep the faith, trying to believe
Here there mister, hey there sister
Can you spare this rambler a little ride?
I ain't got no change for you
Just a story and a little smile

Chorus:
And I ain't talkin' 'bout Cecil
Cos I'm not much of an empire man
I get my education
By going from nation to each nation
Hitch my way from town to town
Without much of a route or plan
Cos I'm a road scholar
I'm a road scholar

Four of us in the back of a van
With a crazy-driving Kosovan man
We wind our way through the lonesome valley
Like he thinks he's in the Dakar rally
But we make it safe and sound
And then we breathe a sigh as we reach the end
Bid farewell to the man who helped us
As we disappear around the bend

(Chorus)

And a shout out to the American man
Who sowed the seeds for this whole song
With tales from the Pamir Highway
Where he never had to wait too long

(Chorus x2)

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from Busking Beyond Borders, released December 9, 2018

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David Fisher Birmingham, UK

David Fisher spent 3 years busking around Europe and beyond, including every country in the EU.

'Busking Beyond Borders' is his 2nd album and tells the stories of his adventures, along with a book of the same name.

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