53 Miles West Of Venus Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JoaniCo 

Cover art for 53 Miles West Of Venus lyrics by B-52's, The

I'd like to think that Venus is an actual person.

Not sure if anyone can get 53 miles close to the planet Venus except in our imagination. But art is or can be anything we want or need it to be.

If not a person then my 2nd choice would be a city. Like a Venus, Georgia???

I'd wouldn't be surprised, in fact I'd be interested, perhaps intrigued, by any other accounting except for the actual, literal one that is supplied.

I think the B52s write about 'on the road' stuff quite abit. Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac thought and spoke as if they were always going or been someplace. I'm just too lazy to look up how many towns and cities are actually named Venus in the USA.

Regardless, I like the art reflecting back to me a vision of another human named Venus that I can't wait to see and hold again.

"I'm your Venus, I'm your fire"