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Hart Brake Motel

by Homer & Jethro

on America's Song Butchers: The Weird World Of Homer & Jethro (1997)

Down at the Hart Brake Motel
My room it was so small,
Ever' time I tried to smile
My teeth would touch the wall,

But I'm a-stayin'
And a-payin'.
I ain't got room to change my mind.

I picked up my telephone.
The manager said, "Hello."
He said, "What's eatin' you?" I said,
"That's what I'd like to know"

An' I'm a-itchin'
An' a-scratchin'.
I'm wearin' out my fingernails.

I walked up to the room clerk.
He looked at me and said,
"You can have a room, but you will have to make your bed."

I said, "That's OK, buddy.
I learned that from my ma."
Then he reached out and handed me a hammer and a saw.

And I'm a-nailin' and a-wailin'
Here at the Hart Brake Motel.

Here at the Hart Brake Motel
I got a room with bath.
Back home, I only had a room, and it just had a path.

This outside plumbin'
It's unbecomin'.
It's really out of this world.

The waiter in the dinin' room
He filled my heart with cheer.
He said I would enjoy it 'cause I could eat dirt cheap here,

And he was so right.
That was my last night,
And now I'm checkin' out of here.