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Starlite Motel

from Dorado by son of the velvet rat

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lyrics

STARLITE MOTEL

I got an old 4 runner
& a queen-size bed
See the big trucks rolling
When I raise my head
Sweet flower & gasoline smell
& the sound of a chapel bell
In the air tonight
At the Starlite Motel

3 shots in the dawn
They kill a man
Can’t tell by the moonlight
In the morning you can
Got to come up with a go-away spell
For the chalk lines
& the shotgun shells
In the parking lot
Of the Starlite Motel

There’s a freeway entrance
a few blocks down the street
I got no one to wait for
I got no one to meet
Throw my gun in the dumpster
& get out of here
I’m going to slip away
I’m going to disappear

All the way north to Ventura
All the way to downtown L.A.
I know the 101 freeway
Is going to take me away

The guy’s name was John Alvarado
The street goes by the same name too
Strange how things coincide
Strange that nobody knew
Got to come up with a go-away spell
For the sound of that chapel bell
& the flashing lights —
At the Starlite Motel

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from Dorado, released February 17, 2017

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"Grizzled, aching and enigmatically poetic Folk Rock!”—THE ROCKING MAGPIE

"There’s substance, originality, & cleverness at work here. I admire how these people take something that already exists traditionally & reinterpret it with their own ingredients to create something truly effective that resonates. This record is straight whiskey. Tom Waits would be proud."—AMERICANA HIGHWAYS ... more

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