well it aint home

but itll have to do for a while

got a fold down bed

two windows on the parking lot

three plates in the kitchenette

a table and chair where i can eat

a little black-and-white tv

a shower stall and a bathroom sink

and one two-drawer nightsand

barely enough room to be a man



and on the nightstand

sits a photograph

of my wife and kids

reminding me of how good it was

and right now, how bad it is

beside it there's a coffe cup

where i keep my wedding ring and stuff

and some nights it still keeps me up

how i got where i am

funny how a man's life can be reduced

to one nightstand



on the fifth of last november

on a business trip in strangers

alone for the night

she said 'hi im angie

and im from boston

would you drink a beer with me

If i bought'em?

so i hit the hotel bar with her

figured,what would it hurt?



sittin' on the bed