Belltown Ramble

Lyrics

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
 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
 Cla-rem-ont
 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
 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
 Look out baby
 Seven men are on their way
 Seven sets of appetites
 Have got to be appeased today
 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
 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
 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
 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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Song Details

Duration
06:15
Key
4
Tempo
131 BPM

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