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Rooming House on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice beach.
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Rooming house on Venice beach.
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It was a rooming house on venice beach
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Nice and cheap
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A radiator and a sagging bed
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On which to sleep
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I didn't lock it
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Who would want my cheap guitar
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And that T-shirt in those paper bags
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Naw, naw.
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The ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on venice beach.
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It was rough rough rough
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With ancient rustic hippie stuff
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It was cheap cheap cheap
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Nowadays I hear that rents are steep
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It was eerie, eerie, eerie
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Followers of Watts and Leary
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You could walk walk walk
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To Marina Del Rey by the dock
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Oh the ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on venice beach.
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Oh Wa, Oh Wa, Oh Wa
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Well Rooming house on Venice Beach
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It was a rooming house on Venice Beach
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About half a block
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To the ancient sea which I could reach
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With half a walk
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The ancient weird guy in his toga
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Staff in hand
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The ancient bearded guy doing yoga
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On the sand
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Oh the ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach
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It was cheap cheap cheap
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Nowadays I hear that rents are steep
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It was rough rough rough
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With ancient rustic hippie stuff
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It was wild wild wild
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You're never gonna call it mild
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Hip hip
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I could move and not make a second trip
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The ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach
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Let's go...
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Oh Wa, Oh Wa, Oh Wa
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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It was a rooming house on Venice Beach
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All screwed up
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Half a block from the ancient drunk guys
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Passing the cup
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Half a block from the bearded wierd guys
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Singing flat
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Half a block from the wierdo wierd guys
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Passing the hat
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And the ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach.
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Oh Wa, Oh Wa, Oh Wa
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Oh the ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach
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It was a rooming house on Venice Beach
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Where I was
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Half a block I love that place
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Just because
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Well I didn't want it
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Who would want my bag of crap
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So I never locked the old screen door
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I just let it flap
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Oh the ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach
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It was rough rough rough
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With ancient rustic hippie stuff
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It was eerie, eerie, eerie
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Followers of Watts and Leary
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It was wild and free
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And that appealed to me
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It was hip hip hip
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I could move and not make a second trip.
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The ancient world was in my reach
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From my rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Oh Wa, Oh Wa, Oh Wa
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Rooming house on Venice Beach
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Rooming House on Venice Beach
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Jonathan Richman |