Diplomat Motel Blues
from Tea Leaves by Brian McGrath
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lyrics
Well I got woke up in a white-hot fever
Hear you call my name girl
But I can’t see you
In a cold sweat
I ain’t getting any sleep tonight
I gotta go now, gotta get a move on
Walk out on the back porch
Breath the cold night air in
Take one more drag on my last Parliament
The night’s awaitin’ for some rough loving
And I’m gonna give it some yeah
Some real attention
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Meet her down at the motel
Foster and Lincoln
You know they charge by the hour girl
Rooftop to the basement
Gonna stop and see Betty
She’s gonna make me feel like a real big man
I’ve been broken, but I’m on the mend now
Wake up in a strange bed
Wake up in town
Wake up with a strange face
Dead eyes staring me down
Well if I could girl
You know I would now
But both my hands are tied up
This ain’t a kind world
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Smoking Marlboro Reds now
Telling white lies now
I’ve been feeling blue now
Got bloodshot eyes now
My last dollar
Ripped from my cold dead hands by a demon woman
But I’m on the mend now
Just one more whiskey, Lord
Just one more pint, Lord
God, I need one more shot
Gotta get my head right
Been working on a plan, man
To get me the hell out of this dark place
But I’ll wake up, gonna do it again
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Let’s get a move on
Hear you call my name girl
But I can’t see you
In a cold sweat
I ain’t getting any sleep tonight
I gotta go now, gotta get a move on
Walk out on the back porch
Breath the cold night air in
Take one more drag on my last Parliament
The night’s awaitin’ for some rough loving
And I’m gonna give it some yeah
Some real attention
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Meet her down at the motel
Foster and Lincoln
You know they charge by the hour girl
Rooftop to the basement
Gonna stop and see Betty
She’s gonna make me feel like a real big man
I’ve been broken, but I’m on the mend now
Wake up in a strange bed
Wake up in town
Wake up with a strange face
Dead eyes staring me down
Well if I could girl
You know I would now
But both my hands are tied up
This ain’t a kind world
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Smoking Marlboro Reds now
Telling white lies now
I’ve been feeling blue now
Got bloodshot eyes now
My last dollar
Ripped from my cold dead hands by a demon woman
But I’m on the mend now
Just one more whiskey, Lord
Just one more pint, Lord
God, I need one more shot
Gotta get my head right
Been working on a plan, man
To get me the hell out of this dark place
But I’ll wake up, gonna do it again
Well I guess I don’t know
But I sure hope so
Let’s get a move on
Let’s get a move on
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from Tea Leaves,
released November 19, 2020
Lyrics, Music, Performance by Brian McGrath.
Recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered at Handwritten Recording, Chicago by Rick Riggs w/ Brian McGrath.
©2020 Brian McGrath
Lyrics, Music, Performance by Brian McGrath.
Recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered at Handwritten Recording, Chicago by Rick Riggs w/ Brian McGrath.
©2020 Brian McGrath
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Brian McGrath Chicago, Illinois
Brian McGrath is a Folk & Americana Singer-Songwriter from Chicago and currently based in Madison,
Wisconsin.
With intense, honest conviction tempered by Midwest sensibility and grit, the big man with a big voice tells tales of broken characters, desolate landscapes, and hopeful redemption all along the highways and byways of the American heartland.
McGrath's new album "The Lonely Hour" now out.
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