The Farmers Hotel

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The lights went out in New York
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Then they went out in Goshen
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I got stuck in Goshen and that was sad
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The townsolf stared hard
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Like their minds had been marred
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By life in a district so downtrodden and drab

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I flagged down a stranger
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In a worn wooden wheelchair
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And when I asked if he knew of a hotel
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He said "if I get your meaning
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Then I'm definitely leaning
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Towards recommending the Farmer's Hotel."

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[Verse]
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As I left to find the place
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A mother loooked me in the face
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And whispered "please sir, not the Farmer's Hotel."
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Once where I was headed
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She swore I would regret it
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Though what might happen she wouldn't foretell

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The old place it was vicious
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Wicked and pernicious
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"Please stay clean of that rank abbatoir"
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Though her words alarmed me
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I was stuck until morning
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And in the end we must be who we are

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[Verse]
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With no light on the door
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I wasn't quite sure
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If a night clerk was working within
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From behind a red curtain
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Limped a perilous person
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He appeared to have some egg on his chin

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This old yankee warlock
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Brushed back a gray forelock
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And bid me to sign in the book
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With no bonhomie
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He proffered the key
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Never once did he give me a look

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[Verse]
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I thanked the old codger
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And in my role as the lodger
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I headed upstairs for to sleep
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There was no air of slumber
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The doors, they had no numbers
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Which room was intended for me?

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The passage kept on going
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Like the carpet was flowing
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Towards that thing at the end of the hall
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My own eyes had adjusted
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This account can be trusted
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Because I know that I saw what I saw

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I heard animal noises
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And tangled up voices
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Chanting more and of rumors of more
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There's no natural law
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That can explain what I saw
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Spread out on that straw-covered floor

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Now I've put an ocean
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Between myself and Goshen
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To get away from the Farmer's Hotel
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If you get a notion
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To travel to Goshen
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Please stay away from the Farmer's Hotel

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[Verse]
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The lights went out in Goshen
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Just like poetry in motion
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And I checked into the Farmer's Hotel
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Things to unclean
Am                D
Are better left unseen
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Please keep away from the Farmer's Hotel