Paying at the Holloway
It's 35 dollars a night
Check in through a man named Kim
He's got a call and an angry wifeAnd I can hear
The Spanish screams
Of girlfriends in the other rooms
Who are not like meAnd they say
Make no regrets
Don't slow down
This timeUpstairs in a plastic room
Half-stare and watching
Old cartoons
I turn down the bedWaiting an hour or more
For footsteps
And an open door
I take off my watchAnd I hope you come back safe this time
From your copping spree
In little Mexico
Underneath an L.A. traffic lightAnd they say
Make no regrets
Don't slow down
This timeI feel you staring' down at me
You lean to burn a cigarette
And I roll up my sleeve
And you say, you'll never leaveAnd I'll never get away as long as I keep still
And I hold my breath
And with the shame
I fall down into sleepAnd they say
Make no regrets
Don't slow down
This time