Joe Ely - Standin' at the Big Hotel lyrics

I was standin at a big hotel wishin everybody well but if anybody paid me any mind it was hard to tell a big policeman on his beat pulled his pistol and he pointed at me lookin down the barrel I could see the gates of hell I was Standin' At A Big Hotel so i went walkin down the avenue lookin for someone who looked like you but I never saw a face that seemed to ring a bell so I stopped beside the five and dime just window-shoppin and wastin time when along came a gal who sold me all she had to sell she left me Standin' At A Big Hotel I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood I did some time in the shadows where I stood I let the cards fall where they fell... and I found myself Standin' At A Big Hotel a blind lady with a big tin cup had her pencils all sharpened up she was standin in the door just to see what she could sell but nobody bought a thing all night they thought she was a pitiful sight Lord help the gal who helps herself Standin' At A Big Hotel long gone are horse n buggy days big limousines are here to stay and when they see you to the door they want something for their help but I saw somebody make a little slip he only left the kid a ten cent tip you shoulda heard what I heard when I heard that bell boy yell... Standin' At A Big Hotel Lord Lord what's the matter with me to pay so much for the song I sing when all I was doin was singin it to myself like standin in a stagnant stream with nothin in the world left to dream I was dyin at the bottom of a dried up wishin well I was Standin' At A Big Hotel well I know what you're thinkin today I can feel it though I'm miles away everybody knows I love my southern belle but from the east to the wild wild west they say a bird in the hand is best so here I am with a bird dog and a bottle of muscatel Standin' At A Big Hotel