Motel Room Blues #2

from Been Here Before by Laura Meyer

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MOTEL ROOM BLUES #2

I lie awake, listening to the neighbors
Bang against the wall
I lie awake, listening to the neighbors
He won’t take my call

Cracked as this ceiling, but looks are deceiving
I can hold these walls
Cracked like this ceiling, there’s no light for reading
Just heavy footsteps in the hall

Earplugs and deadbolts won’t keep the bedbugs
From biting my skin
Neither earplugs, nor deadbolt, these pills, nor blindfold
Will keep the nightmares from getting in

I freeze on the covers ’cause too many lovers
Have lain upon these sheets
I freeze on the covers and there ain’t no others
To keep me warm when I sleep

So I lie awake, listening to the neighbors
Bang against the wall
I lie awake, listening to the neighbors
God, are you there at all?

Yeah I lie awake, listening to the neighbors
I know it ain’t their fault
I lie awake listening to the neighbors
And I pray for dawn

© Laura Meyer 2010

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from Been Here Before, released November 11, 2010
Laura Meyer - guitars & vocals
Peter Negroponte - drums
Steve Rossiter - moog synthesizer & tambourine

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Laura Meyer Chicago, Illinois

I’m a writer and musician working in experimental memoir and sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I tutor and assistant teach. Previously I toured internationally for over ten years, collecting and curating experiences, melodies, language, characters, and sounds from the natural world. ... more