[Verse 1]
Cheap room
Buzzing neon sign
Ashtray overflowing
With somebody else’s time
You said you’d be down the highway
Back before the ice could melt
Now the clock just stares right through me
Like a dealer with a crooked belt
[Chorus]
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Empty beds and crooked blinds
Every door says “vacancy”
But you ain’t checkin’ in with me
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Faded letters on a rusted sign
You drove off and left me here
Renting rooms to my own fear
[Verse 2]
Ice machine coughing
Middle of the night
TV selling miracles
Static in the light
Your lipstick on the pillow
Your name in the dust I write
Then I wipe it with my shoulder
Like I’m hiding my own lie
[Chorus]
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Empty beds and crooked blinds
Every door says “vacancy”
But you ain’t checkin’ in with me
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Faded letters on a rusted sign
You drove off and left me here
Renting rooms to my own fear
[Bridge]
Maybe you were never real
Just a ghost I let reside
Paying cash in broken promises
Then disappearing with the tide (oh yeah)
So I twist another bottle cap
Talk circles with the ceiling fan
Ask the mirror by the bathroom sink
“Tell me
Who’s the running man?”
[Chorus]
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Empty beds and crooked blinds
Every door says “vacancy”
But you ain’t checkin’ in with me
I’ve got a desert motel mind
Faded letters on a rusted sign
If you ever lose your way
You can find me where you stayed
[Outro]
Room key on the table
Door chained from inside
Curtains barely breathing
While the sunrise drives by