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Virginia Avenue Lyrics
Well, I'm walking down Virginia Avenue
I'm trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.
Harold's club is closing, everybody's going on home
What's a poor sailor to do?
I guess I'll get on back into my short, make it back to the fort
Sleepin off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.
got to be some place that's better than this
This life I'm leading's driving me insane
And I'm dreaming...
And I'm dreaming to the twilight, this town has got me down.
I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around
I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here
Now what have I got to lose?
'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue
The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter a' two
Every town I go to is like a lock without a key
Those I leave behind are catching up on me,
catching up on me, they're catching up on me
Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on me.
I'm trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to.
Harold's club is closing, everybody's going on home
What's a poor sailor to do?
Sleepin off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain.
got to be some place that's better than this
This life I'm leading's driving me insane
I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around
I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here
Now what have I got to lose?
The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter a' two
Every town I go to is like a lock without a key
Those I leave behind are catching up on me,
catching up on me, they're catching up on me
Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on me.
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Virginia Avenue is the old main street of Reno, Nevada. At one time (1940s-1960s) Harold's Club was the biggest casino in Reno. By the time this song was written, Harold's was pretty run down and right nearby was a Greyhound bus station and a pretty notorious skid row where a number of transients were known to have had a sip or two of cheap wine. The narrator of the song seems to have made a stop there.
Greatest drunk guy song. Even the melody makes it seem as if the music itself is not walking in a straight line.
I think it's "craziness", isn't it, not "crazy lizards". Although, now you mention it, I do like the idea of those crazy brain lizards! Great song. We've all been there, wandering from bar to bar & hoping to find a shoulder to cry on.
the music really does feel drunk. its almost got that stumble and sway to it.
Those two lines towards the end, "Every town I go to is like a lock without a key / Those I leave behind are catching up on me," is my favorite line.
There's some regret when you go out and don't 'unlock' the parts of the town you thought you would. You don't experience what you wanted to experience. There's a sting in every missed opportunity. Only thing I would say is to let go of these beliefs, because they are what make our drunk asses go back out, again and again, longing for some transformative experience.
But the transformative experience is in recognizing that there is none to be had. Only then can you live free of regret.