Story Behind the Song
Wrote this in a Colorado hotel on a very cold night--colder than Los Angeles
Lyrics
Committing sin at the Holiday Inn was better on those mini thins
When the walls would melt and all I felt was wired
They said the snow would fall again, so I just kept committing sin
til the snow did melt, and all I felt was tired
Hotel rooms are always far away from home
The windows could be walls for all I care
But I don't care, no I don't care
You're not there
The mercury is dipping down, my skin peels away like a car through town
Like it did last night, before the fight began
Well, you'd think that a perfect stranger would be more wary of the danger
In the dark of night when fools will fight for friends
Holding tanks are always far away from home
This block could be my bed for all I care
But I don't care, no I don't care
You're not there
The bourbon goes down way too easy, acquaintances tell me that I'm too sleazy
But that don't stop, no it wouldn't drop me now
See, I can't even walk these streets without forgetting where my feet
Give up and stop, and I drop to the ground
Hospitals are always far away from home
The nurses could be naked for all I care
But I don't care, no I don't care
You're not there
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