[Verse 1]
Key on the counter
Lipstick on the glass
Same floral bedspread
Different name
Same past
Laughing in the parking lot
Smoke in his hair
He says he’s from Nevada
I pretend I care
[Chorus]
Another night
Another state
Another stranger knows my face
But not my name
Not my name (oh-oh)
Sheets get warm
Then they go cold
Tail-lights fading down the road
I wake up feeling twice as old
Motel exit wounds along the interstate
[Verse 2]
TV on the wallpaper
Late-night game show glow
His boots by the ice machine
He said he’d take it slow
Coffee in a styrofoam cup
Sun cuts through the blind
His side of the bed is empty
Like he read my mind
[Chorus]
Another night
Another state
Another stranger knows my face
But not my name
Not my name (hey)
Sheets get warm
Then they go cold
Tail-lights fading down the road
I wake up feeling twice as old
Motel exit wounds along the interstate
[Bridge]
How many rooms ’til I feel something?
How many miles ’til I go home? (go home)
Sink full of tiny hotel shampoos
Still I carry nothing of my own
[Chorus]
Another night
Another state
Another stranger knows my face
But not my name
Not my name (oh-oh)
Hearts on the highway
Cheap and fast
Disappear like smoke and gas
Every check-out
I just laugh
Then choke on everything I never say
[Outro]
Key on the counter
Door swings
It slams
I’m just a ghost in the guest log
Driving through myself again