Michael Jerling
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Wide Awake in Parsippany
c1995 by Michael JerlingFrom the album In Another Life
Gotta get off the Interstate My eyes are heavy I just can't drive another mile All the signs say no vacancy Up ahead there's a neon sign Motel Rest-A-While I pull in and smile In Parsippany A Bengali Norman Bates The motel clerk's Says we've got a space I'll take the room He says good night And I take the key Turn on the light, it's not much But it's all right with me I just want to sleep In Parsippany The mattress has lumps Where there shouldn't be lumps There's a bump on the wall There's a loud thump Right outside my door The TV set has two channels It's a color TV The two colors are pink and green I can't get to sleep In Parsippany Domestic quarrel - Room 43 Or the monthly meeting Of the White Trash Debating Society I'd call home But the room has no phone Nobody knows I'm here Lord, don't let me die alone A little taste of hell In Parsippany Wide awake in Parsippany Wide awake Wide awake in Parsippany Wide awake
