Story Behind The Song
Child abandoned in a remote hotel wonders where her mother is. Mother is preoccupied with her life and forgets her child in a remote hotel.
Song Description
Pop song with dreamy interlude. Big chorus about being left alone in a Blue motel in a distant town. Narrator is the child, strong then confused.
| Song Length |
3:24 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Nervous, Disconcerted |
Subject |
Frustration, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
K.D. Lang, Lucinda Williams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
BLUE MOTEL
While she was talking to someone
In a weedy swimming pool.
While she was talking to someone
Who has touched the bottom of the sea.
Old lady walks through the door
With a tray and the morning paper.
Smiles at me, lolly pink lipstick
She?s got nothing to do.
Nothing to do but watch television
And kick my legs in the air
Hang on to a blanket, smells of alfalfa
There?s nothing to do.
?Cause she?s left me here alone
In a blue motel
In a distant town
She?s left me here alone
Left me here, left me here alone.
Feels like forever
The fluro stays on all night
Feels like whenever there?s no sign of you
There?s no sign of me.
Will you return to me
I?m going cold in this place
And it?s lonely and lonely and I?ve done it my way
Again and again and again
?Cause she?s left me here alone
In a blue motel
In a distant town
She?s left me here alone
Left me here, left me here alone.
I?m chasing a dream
You are miles away
I am watching a woman, watching a man
Touching the bottom of the sea.
The bottom of the sea.