See we rolled on and we rolled off
And in between the lifts and the eyedrops
I recall four capital times
In this carousel neverland memory of mine

This brown paper band has been putting vinegar on Amsterdam
Why do you keep your options open?
Thrown them in the quay to drown
Thrown them in the quay to drown

I know the numbers but who knows how we went
From carpets in Mechelen to sunless Ghent?
Been years without you now
My friends go on living in a black canal

This brown paper band has been putting vinegar on Amsterdam
Why do you keep your options open?
Thrown them in the quay to drown
Thrown them in the quay to drown

It's not where you left it
It's not where you put it
It's not where you thought it was
The bridge back into town has washed away

There's a gold and black hooped neck
Upon the pictured younger me
The helpful hound has scraped the day frost
From the frozen Zuyden Zee
And there was snowfall
The night that we saw Ween playing at the Milky Way
Had to run through the fair on dopey legs
Floating over bridges for the Utrecht train

This brown paper band has been putting vinegar on Amsterdam
Why do you think their heads are swollen
Under the weight of a golden crown?
This brown paper band has been putting vinegar on Amsterdam
Why do you keep your options open?
Thrown them in the quay to drown
Thrown them in the quay to drown
Thrown them in the quay to drown
Thrown them in the quay to drown