venice beach (narrative)
Singer: brian wilson
venice beach is poppin'
like live shrimp dropped on a hot walk
hucksters
hustlers and hawkers
set up their boardwalk shops
home for all the homeless
hopeless
well-heeled and deranged
still
nothing here seems out of place or strange
there's an old smudge of a beatnik by the bay
looking like a dog who's had his day
like a dream he drifts away
he likes to go out on the pier
to hear the reedy carousel
it's got a melody that sets you free
and says
let's set a spell