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The Hotel

by Graham Bonnet

on Meanwhile, Back in the Garage (2018)

Verse 1:
Look outside this hotel window, grey graffiti walls
Drunk guy pissing in somebody's doorway
In the street three-legged dogs are running with the pack
Broken windows broken lives somehow this town feels like home i'm back!

Verse 2:
Soon the beat-down factory workers leave their prison cells
Free to take the streets until tomorrow
As i watch them from my window someone calls my name
"Good to see you back again, this town loves your music till the end"

Chorus:
Far away arena days are gone, lost from me
As long as i'm still standing and the band plays on
This is the place i should be

Verse 3:
One day we are north of somewhere, next day south of that
Strapped down to enjoy the endless freeway
I don't know but can't help thinking someone lost the map
Destination ten more miles, that can't be right, turn round take thirty back

Chorus:
Far away arena days are gone, lost from me
As long as i'm still standing and the band plays on
This is the place i should be

Bridge:
People ask me why we go on, "are you hoping for more?"
When the crowd starts to sing our song
That's all i'm looking for

Verse 4:
Moving to a new hotel the room's beyond pristine
All the lawns are manicured and perfect
This must be the wrong location, where's that dirty street?
Then i hear somebody say "The place is 20 miles away from here"

Chorus:
Far away arena days are gone, lost from me
As long as i'm still standing and the band plays on
There's no other place i should be