Standin' at a Big Hotel

I was standing at a big hotel

Wishing 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

Looking down that barrel

I could see the gates of hell

Standing at a big hotel

I went walking down the avenue

Looking for someone that looked like you

But I never saw a face

That seemed to ring a bell

I stopped beside the five and dime

Just window shopping and wasting time

When along came a gal

That sold me all she had to sell

She left me standing at a big hotel

I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood

And I did some time in the shadows where I stood

I let the cards fall where they fell

And then I found myself standing at a big hotel

The blind lady with her old tin cup

Had her pencils all sharpened up

She was standing in the doorway

Just to see what she could sell

But nobody bought a thing all night

They just thought she was a pitiful sight

You know the Lord helps

The girl who helps herself

Standing at a big hotel

I know what you're thinking 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

Here I am with a bird dog

And a bottle of muscatel

Standing at a big hotel

I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood

And I did some time in the shadows where I stood

I let the cards fall where they fell

And then I found myself standing at a big hotel