Cheap Motel

by Randi Garnick (Randi Garnick)

a dry kiss from a wet lip
a thousand dollar whore in a cheap motel
i held on tight, i lost my grip
she cut my tongue so i would not tell
i don’t care i let it rip
praise the Lord, she knows me well


gotta nasty bit in my shirt pocket
her crooked finger strokes my hair
i stung her like a bottle rocket
floating through the air
she pierced me back a double amp socket
she never takes what she don’t tear

chorus:
room for rent a small kitchenette
phone and cable up on high
homemade movie on the internet
office is closed from 9 to 5
never give what you can’t get
faint of heart just drive on by

blistered queen that sees the future
Suzette Deaveaux can tell no lies
she flips a card to thread a suture
on Mr. Happy’s alibis
he’s just another fat cat butcher
when he shakes it hard he cries

two on the money ten to show
Carmen’s butch and dog-breath mean
size her up and she’ll break your bow
treat her good and she’ll lick you clean
the mayor comes to scream and crow
she’s a politicians dream

chorus:
room for rent a small kitchenette
phone and cable up on high
homemade movie on the internet
office is closed from 9 to 5
never give what you can’t get
faint of heart don’t even try

shards of neon course my head
she peels back her skin to think
i come alive when she’s half dead
my religions stumbling out of sync
soft as steel sweet as lead
tell Suzette it hurts to blink (x 2)
tell Suzette……

a dry kiss from a wet lip
a thousand dollar whore in a cheap motel
i held on tight, i lost my grip
she cut my tongue so i would not tell
i don’t care i let it rip
praise the Lord, she knows me well

chorus:
room for rent a small kitchenette
phone and cable up on high
homemade movie on the internet
office is closed from 9 to 5
never give what you can’t get
faint of heart just drive on by
keep driving by
keep driving by
keep driving by