aka The Ordinary Ballad Of The Franklin Hotel
When I went to visit Richard \ I stayed at the Franklin Hotel
When I went to visit Richard | I stayed at the Franklin Hotel
If you go to Strawberry Point | If you go to Strawberry Point
You should stay there as well
Got to town kinda late | the hotel was locked and dark repeat
With a little note on the door repeat
said my room key was down at the bar
We met up the next morning | Breakfast in the dining hall repeat
Pressed tin tiles above repeat
And wainscoating down on the walls
It was thirty-seven tables | Scattered in a great big room..
You only gotta close your eyes…
You’re back in nineteen hundred and two.
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At the Franklin Hotel | At the Franklin Hotel |At the Franklin Hotel
We sat by a window | Sun caught me right in my eyes …
Just one other customer there …
Way on the other side
I said yes to the coffee | Kinda like I always do …
There was only one kind to choose …
They always make it so easy for you.
The waitress brought menus | Laminated stiff as a board …
I got the two eggs and toast …
What Richard got, I wouldn’t know
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We talked about nothing | All that usual stuff …
My backsplash tiles are done …
And he sounded sick of his job.
I went for a refill | When our waitress came back …
Can I get more jelly, too? …
She went and got me three little packs.
Nothing else really happened | There isn’t much more to tell …
But I’m so super really glad I stayed …
Down at the Franklin Hotel.
Chorus