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Picture a hotel room
<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Room With No Number}}</noinclude>
 
Picture a hotel room<br>
Clothes scattered across the floor
Clothes scattered across the floor<br>
 
Covers pulled back from the pillow<br>
Covers pulled back from the pillow
A sign hung on the door<br>
 
Two lovers locked up tight<br>
A sign hung on the door
Through the endless days and nights<br>
 
Hiding something they can't show<br>
Two lovers locked up tight
Something no one else must know<br>
 
<br>
Through the endless days and nights
''Chorus:''<br>
 
There's a room without a number<br>
Hiding something they can't show
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy<br>
 
As you take your key, they smile at you so understandingly<br>
Something no one else must know
<br>
 
She cried out in the night<br>
 
Woke the porter from his sleep<br>
 
He grinned slyly to himself<br>
''Chorus:''
As he went to fetch his keys<br>
 
Look what love has brought them to<br>
There's a room without a number
This terrible nightmare<br>
 
His or hers, he could not tell<br>
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
As they were sleeping there<br>
 
<br>
As you take your key, they smile at you so understandingly
''(Chorus)''<br>
 
<br>
 
And I wish you could be<br>
 
The man he was before he was me<br>
She cried out in the night
<br>
 
A girl arrived at first light<br>
Woke the porter from his sleep
And enquired if they'd been seen<br>
 
And why the numbers ran from twelve<br>
He grinned slyly to himself
Missing out thirteen<br>
 
And they said oh my darling<br>
As he went to fetch his keys
Put it down to superstition<br>
 
Try to avoid a scandal<br>
Look what love has brought them to
And don't arouse suspicion<br>
 
They re-arranged the furniture<br>
This terrible nightmare
They even papered over the door<br>
 
<br>
His or hers, he could not tell
There's a room without a number<br>
 
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy<br>
As they were sleeping there
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know<br>
 
<br>
 
There's a room without a number<br>
 
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy<br>
''(Chorus)''
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know<br>
 
<br>
 
''(Chorus)''<br>
 
And I wish you could be
 
The man he was before he was me
 
 
 
A girl arrived at first light
 
And enquired if they'd been seen
 
And why the numbers ran from twelve
 
Missing out thirteen
 
And they said oh my darling
 
Put it down to superstition
 
Try to avoid a scandal
 
And don't arouse suspicion
 
They re-arranged the furniture
 
They even papered over the door
 
 
 
There's a room without a number
 
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
 
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know
 
 
 
There's a room without a number
 
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
 
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know
 
 
 
''(Chorus)''

Latest revision as of 04:41, 3 May 2009

lyrics for
Room With No Number

Picture a hotel room
Clothes scattered across the floor
Covers pulled back from the pillow
A sign hung on the door
Two lovers locked up tight
Through the endless days and nights
Hiding something they can't show
Something no one else must know

Chorus:
There's a room without a number
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
As you take your key, they smile at you so understandingly

She cried out in the night
Woke the porter from his sleep
He grinned slyly to himself
As he went to fetch his keys
Look what love has brought them to
This terrible nightmare
His or hers, he could not tell
As they were sleeping there

(Chorus)

And I wish you could be
The man he was before he was me

A girl arrived at first light
And enquired if they'd been seen
And why the numbers ran from twelve
Missing out thirteen
And they said oh my darling
Put it down to superstition
Try to avoid a scandal
And don't arouse suspicion
They re-arranged the furniture
They even papered over the door

There's a room without a number
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know

There's a room without a number
While the sign outside says there's no vacancy
As you take your key, they smile just so so you know

(Chorus)