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joe ely - standin' at the big hotel lyrics

i was standin at a big hotel
wishin everybody well
but if anybody paid me any mind it was hard to tell
a big policeman on his beat
pulled his pistol and he pointed at me
lookin down the barrel i could see the gates of h-ll
i was standin’ at a big hotel

so i went walkin down the avenue
lookin for someone who looked like you
but i never saw a face that seemed to ring a bell
so i stopped beside the five and dime
just window-shoppin and wastin time
when along came a gal who sold me all she had to sell
she left me standin’ at a big hotel
i lost my mind in the wilds of hollywood
i did some time in the shadows where i stood
i let the cards fall where they fell…
and i found myself standin’ at a big hotel
a blind lady with a big tin cup
had her pencils all sharpened up
she was standin in the door just to see what she could sell
but n-body bought a thing all night
they thought she was a pitiful sight
lord help the gal who helps herself
standin’ at a big hotel

long gone are horse n buggy days
big limousines are here to stay
and when they see you to the door
they want something for their help
but i saw somebody make a little slip
he only left the kid a ten cent tip
you shoulda heard what i heard when i heard that bell boy yell…
standin’ at a big hotel

lord lord what’s the matter with me
to pay so much for the song i sing
when all i was doin was singin it to myself
like standin in a stagnant stream
with nothin in the world left to dream
i was dyin at the bottom of a dried up wishin well
i was standin’ at a big hotel

well i know what you’re thinkin today
i can feel it though i’m miles away
everybody knows i love my southern belle
but from the east to the wild wild west
they say a bird in the hand is best
so here i am with a bird dog and a bottle of muscatel
standin’ at a big hotel

- joe ely lyrics

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