Hot Rod Hotel
Tales of Turmoil in a Hot Rod Hotel
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I'm a porter and a night clerk at the old Hot Rod Hotel
I work as a porter and night clerk at the old Hot Rod Hotel.
I clean and scrub the lobby down and thirty-one rooms as well
I clean the lobby and thirty-one rooms at the hotel.
I wax and shine their boots and shoes
I polish and shine the guests' boots and shoes.
I brush down their crinkly clothes
I brush down their crinkly clothes, taking care of their appearance.
And I meet the buses and trains and I show you to your door
I assist guests arriving by buses and trains, guiding them to their rooms.
Bell-bottom pants brought two boys in at six-fourteen last night
Last night, two boys in bell-bottom pants arrived at 6:14 PM.
Two girls checked in at ten-oh-two and I flipped on the light
Two girls checked in at 10:02 PM, prompting me to turn on the lights.
The lamrod's wife looks in their doors and finds one terrible sight
The wife of the hotel owner finds an unpleasant scene in their rooms.
Those boys and girls got bawled up in their doors and rooms that night
The boys and girls created a disturbance in their rooms that night.
A bloody flood could never mess these rooms up any worse
The rooms are in a terrible state, worse than any flood could cause.
It looked like Moe had used this room to grease and breed a horse
The condition suggests a messy and chaotic use of the rooms.
Old gum and hairs and sticky rags, old bottles on the floors
There are old gum, hairs, sticky rags, and bottles scattered on the floors.
Gobs of spit and condom rubbers on the windows, walls, and doors
Gobs of spit and used condoms are found on the windows, walls, and doors.
The lammy tried to make me clean out that crappy mess
The hotel owner instructs me to clean the messy rooms or face termination.
Or else he'd fire me off my job and let me starve to death
He threatens to fire me and leave me jobless and starving if I refuse.
I laid aside my polish rag and I downed my dusting pan
I decide to abandon my cleaning duties in protest.
And I've not seen the old Hot Rod nor that old town since then
As a result, I have not returned to the old Hot Rod Hotel or the town since then.
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