Just found out this song (at least the lyrics, not sure about the music) was written by Shel Silverstein and it was nominated for an Oscar. It loses something on YouTube, but Meryl still rocks. Lyrics to "I'm Checkin' Out":
Pull back them dark and dusty drapes, And let in some light. Tell the bell-boy come and get my trunk 'Cause I'm leavin' here tonight. I packed my bags and paid my bill, And I'm turnin' in my key. And if those sad souls down in the lobby ask for me, Just tell'em I'm checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel. I ain't gonna live on lonely street no more (no more). I've found a new love and a new place to dwell Where teardrops ain't soakin' the floor. So, take down my suitcase and hand me my hat. I'm goin' from sleazy to swell. Give that desk-clerk a dime. And you can just tell him that I'm Checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel.
Well, you can give that sad bellboy My old blues guitar, 'Cause I'm only gonna sing them sweet songs From now on, yeah. And you can tell that old bartender He might as well close down the bar, Cause "Chug-a-Luggin' Sally's" (Charley's) packed an' gone. Through that gray windowpane, It always looked like rain, But there's sunshine outside I can tell. So open up that door, I've leavin' An' I won't be back no more. I'm checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel. Checkin' out of this heartbreak hotel. Pull back them dark and dusty drapes, And let in some light. Tell the bell-boy come and get my trunk 'Cause I'm leavin' here tonight. I packed my bags and paid my bill, And I'm turnin' in my key. And if those sad souls down in the lobby ask for me, Just tell'em I'm checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel. I ain't gonna live on lonely street no more (no more). I've found a new love and a new place to dwell Where teardrops ain't soakin' the floor. So, take down my suitcase and hand me my hat. I'm goin' from sleazy to swell. Give that desk-clerk a dime. And you can just tell him that I'm Checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel.
Well, you can give that sad bellboy My old blues guitar, 'Cause I'm only gonna sing them sweet songs From now on, yeah. And you can tell that old bartender He might as well close down the bar, Cause "Chug-a-Luggin' Sally's" (Charley's) packed an' gone. Through that gray windowpane, It always looked like rain, But there's sunshine outside I can tell. So open up that door, I've leavin' An' I won't be back no more. I'm checkin' out of the heartbreak hotel. Checkin' out of this heartbreak hotel.
Under the Umbrian Sun
-
Wow it’s been a while! Sorry about that, lots of work to do. But that also
leads to lots to catch you up on.
For my 21st birthday, after a night out on th...
So you’re here for artichokes!
-
THE ARTICHOKE BLOG Welcome to The Artichoke Blog I have been writing about
Italian artichoke recipes and artichoke festivals for a few years but
lately hav...
Poem: Pull Up a Chair
-
Pull Up a Chair I just need to sit with a poem Standing tires us both
Jumping demands such stamina Whirling distracts us from the task When we
sit, we can ...
Smithsonian Intern
-
Upon her return from Rome, Sarah got an internship at the Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery. Her supervisor was Amy Henderson, author of Red
Hot and ...
one potato, two potato...
-
...three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, please please no more!!!
I just dug up less than a tenth of the potatoes. About 12 times this still
in the ...
It's magic
-
It's magic
By:Henry Gordon
Published on 1989-08 by Pyr Books
Demonstrates how to perform a variety of magic tricks featuring cards,
money, mentalism, num...
An International Book Signing
-
[image: This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is
FFAOT-Library_9617Csm-600x570.jpg]
Authors dream of publication and of book launches cel...
For People Who Just Got a Worm Farm for Christmas
-
First, here is the first of a fabulously corny set of videos from the Happy
D Ranch (whoever they are.) It's very useful, especially if you watch the
wh...
My New Newsletter: Pro Photo Daily Street Test
-
I haven't been updating this blog much recently and part of the reason is
that I've taken on a new challenge: I'm now writing my own weekly
newsletter fo...
I didn’t move to Scotland for this
-
. . . weather. So yeah. We’ve been having a hurricane. All the official
news sites & forecasters & blah blah were calling it a storm but that
inadequate...
Harvest Thanksgiving at ARI
-
In the third week of October, we can feel fall in the
air here in Tochigi, Japan. Some days are still warm, but nights are pretty
cool. We expected to se...
No comments:
Post a Comment