Letras
Well there was no way of telling on the first day in town
How far it was from the Greyhound station to midnight
And no wait
You checked into a room at the Intella Hotel
Got used to the gloom and the smell
And the thrill at the sight of old men laying in hallways
So you go up on Broadway where the sailors all roll
And the girls give themselves names like Lola, Estelle and Nicole
They work at a place called the Garden of Earthly Delights
And the tourists pour in from all over to take in the sights
In the sweet summer heat Nick the cop walks the beat
You feel him coming from way down the street
Drawing lines in the dirt with his feet
Daring kids to cross it
Now all the same winos I still see in my dreams
Tighten up and start making scenes
And here comes Nick on a swagger
And the old ones are whispering tauntsick
So Nick picks it up and looks for who's needing it most
And the ones on the lam are all getting ready to roast
And the afternoon goes on forever like some drunken bum
'Til the sun finally drowns 'neath the bridge and the night has begun
Down by the bay the ship's horns are blasting the fog
And we stumble and mutter and run through the gutter like dogs
With one card to play and dying to play it each night
In the back of the place called the Garden of Earthly Delights
High in your room the mirror falls with a roar
Staring in pieces that lay broke on the floor
And there's a knock on the door
And the guy says there's a call on the phone
You figure nobody knows your room or your name
You guess it's someone just playing a game
So you answer it guarded expecting to still be alone
It's Nicole, she says she's getting off early tonight
Her and the boss just had a terrible fight
And would you come down to meet her, would that be alright?
So you walk in the back door and the first thing you hear is her song
At the Garden of Earthly Delights the show must go on
You got one card to play and you're dying to play it each night