Song Description
A seedy place of refuge when you're broke and alone money in the city. Performed live.
| Song Length |
2:41 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Similar Artists |
Lou Reed |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
When you're down on your luck and you're short on your dough
And you need an anonymous place you can go
Go to Hotel 43
It's a fancy neighborhood but the hotel's not elite
It's cheap and it's funky but it's safer than the street
It's the Hotel 43
Well it's not air-conditioned, but you can cool down
When there's too much heat on the street, for you to hang around
It's the Hotel 43
Well there's partying folks, who don't make much racket
Like old Spanish Johnny in his black-leather jacket
At the Hotel 43
If you're sick or you're strung out, or staggering on your feet
There's a liquor store on the corner, methadone clinic across the street
From the Hotel 43
So if you're lost in the city, and you need a place to stay
There's a place you can rent by the hour or the day
It's the Hotel 43
I said it's the Hotel number 43.