MUSIC FOR SALE

Desperation Inn

Verse
Saddled by another week,
On a hard and lonely job.
He takes the key from his pocket,
And puts it in the knob.
Turns the key and walks into,
A pay by night bargain.
A hopeless soul whose found his way,
To Desperation Inn.

Chorus
One more six pack,
And stale Chinese food.
One more hotline call,
To get him in the mood.
One more visit,
From the girl who works the block.
Keep the affair short and sweet,
As she’s always on the clock.

Verse
Fifty years of nowhere,
His dreams did not take.
He never climbed the ladder up,
He never got a break.
He lost the only girl he loved.
His kids are grown and gone.
He sold everything he could,
The rest of it he pawned.

Chorus
One more six pack,
And stale Chinese food.
One more hotline call,
To get him in the mood.
One more visit,
From the girl who works the block.
Keep the affair short and sweet,
As she’s always on the clock.

Bridge
Nowhere or nothing, to call his own.
Just drifting through life each day.
Another sale, another city,
Another motel where he’ll stay.
There’s nothing left, he’s given up,
Living to die you could say.
He’s turned his back on God above,
No reasons left to pray.

Chorus
One more six pack,
And stale Chinese food.
One more hotline call,
To get him in the mood.
One more visit,
From the girl who works the block.
Keep the affair short and sweet,
As she’s always on the clock.

Verse
How many towns across the world,
Contain people like this?
The ones who seem to lose their way,
People no one will miss.
What if someone tried,
And set out to begin,
To save all these wretched souls,
From Desperation Inn?

Chorus
One more six pack,
And stale Chinese food.
One more hotline call,
To get him in the mood.
One more visit,
From the girl who works the block.
Keep the affair short and sweet,
As she’s always on the clock.

Lyrics by: Ian Kenny