Cecil Hotel

Intro 
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Ain't worked in months, 
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Ain't been home in twelve, 
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Got myself a room, 
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Down at the Cecil hotel, 
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Junkies whores and vagabonds, 
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Infamous clientele, 
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If walls could scream they would, 
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 The stories they'd tell. 
 

 
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Before I go to sleep at night, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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Saint Christopher round my neck, 
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Got a bible near my bed, 
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Yeah, I get down on my knees, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head. 
 

 
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Had land, a wife and kids, 
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Drought buried us in red, 
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Every Sunday prayed for rain, 
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Got clouds of dust instead, 
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Banker tried to take my farm, 
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In a rage I shot him dead, 
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Gonna burn for what I done, 
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Kissed my family and I fled. 
 

 
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Before I go to sleep at night, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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Saint Christopher round my neck, 
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Got a bible near my bed, 
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Yeah, I get down on my knees, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head. 
 

Interlude 
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Each morning I make my way, 
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Down to the Sally Ann, 
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Join the food line and try to find, 
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Some kinda of work if I can, 
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I live among the shadows, 
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No beauty for the damned, 
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I spend my days alone, 
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Life of a wanted man. 
 

 
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Before I go to sleep at night, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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Saint Christopher round my neck, 
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Got a bible near my bed, 
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Yeah, I get down on my knees, 
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Pray the devil don't find me dead, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head, 
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I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head, 
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Yeah, I sleep with one eye open, 
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And a shotgun by my head. 
 

Outro 
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