Cover art for Belltown Ramble by Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
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Belltown Ramble Lyrics

(1-2-3-4)
[Chorus]
And you wanna know what is
And also what is not
Don't you, girl?
It's an independent life
And you want to see your eyes
Reflected in the world

[Verse 1]
So you go down 4th to Blanchard and
To right on Roq la Rue
Past the Crocodile
Then you slide down 4th again
Where the Claremont used to be
C-L-A R.E.M. O-N-T

Then you find the Uzbek warlord
You collide with Tamerlane
His teeth are brown
Oh he doesn't speak, he prods you
Then he says a burning train
Is back in your hometown

Then you roll down Denny Way
Past the pink rotating elephant
EXP
And you say well come what may
Now I'm in my element
I'm where I ought to be
But Tamerlane is hot
He's mounted on the elephant
The coffee's on the boil
And he says, what have you got?
You say I don't have anything
He says you must have oil

[Chorus]
So you wanna know what is
And also what is not
Don't you girl?
It's an independent life
And you want to see your eyes
Reflected in the world

[Bridge]
Look out baby
Seven men are on their way
Seven sets of appetites
Have got to be appeased today

[Verse 2]
Ignorance comes first
Then comes Opportunism
Greed is third
Fundamental Faith
Rides in backwards with his eyes shut
Listening for the Word
In bowls number five
He needs a bit of elbow room
His name is Haste
He fires off a slew of e-mails
And says, Put your hands together, boys
For six aka Waste

The boys all look around
They looked at number seven
Reclining in his chair
He's got his headphones on
His head is full of paradise
He isn't there

[Chorus]
And you wanna know what is
And also what is not
Don't you girl?
It's an independent life
And you want to see your eyes
Reflected in the world

[Bridge]
Tamerlane and I Went to The Two Bells
Back on 4th
Ken poured us some wine, and we said 'How's it going Ken?'
He said 'It's going north
To Canada
It's going to Canada'
[Verse 3]
You can walk a square
You can walk an oblong
Even just walk straight
You'll still be standing there
Though you think you did the job wrong
You did it great

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