Witnessed and written at the Royal Albert Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
lyrics
Murder In The Hotel
G Bm C D
Last night I didn’t sleep a wink
& I’ve just been sick in the sink
My nerves are all a jitter, I’m a little unwell
There’s been a murder in the hotel
A murder in the hotel in the room next to mine
Particularly gruesome, a grisly crime
I don’t know all the details but I heard a call
For mercy as the head hit the wall
It went bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Well it was more of a thud than a bang
& I didn’t do anything
Do you want to know why?
I was petrified
Outside my door in the corridor
Were the wildest most dangerous insanest bunch/cast of characters
I’d ever come across in my 33/35 years of existence
That’s why I minded my own business
When I heard bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Someone urinated against my door
As someone smashed bottles on the floor
I heard arguing & answering back
The music to accompany this was the perfect soundtrack
Full volume on the next it was off
I heard someone splutter, another cough
There was a funny smell, a holler and yell
Then I knew exactly what was happening only too well
Just another crackhead bites the dust
The hit he scored was his last
It must have been a blast
Getting his skull bust
The establishment has lived up to its reputation
Life here’s as cheap as the accommodation
Most of the residents are permanent
A welfare cheque away from living on the payment
A cockroach climbs into my glass
Usually I’m up and at ‘em fast
But I just let it have its way
It falls into the whiskey
Just the thickness of a wall separates us
The man is dead, and I feel useless
Both of us lying still and numb
Waiting for the police to come.
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