Moonlight Motor Inn
In ‘46 we moved out
here to
To start a little business of our own
They built the freeway through in ‘62
Everything we have’s now lost and gone
I see them in the distance from my window
Faces in the car look straight ahead
They roll on by too loud for comfort
But too far away to rent a motel bed
So if you’re passing on your way
From
Give a wave to good old Dave
Say hello to progress
And goodbye to the Moonlight Motor Inn
Mother sleeping in the back room
TV shows are the only life she has
Our son’s now a captain in the Air Force
He can’t find the time to write his proud old dad
Our daughter wants to leave the place at eighteen
Run away with a
jobless
Hitchhike out to
And make a life in
this
So if you’re passing on your way
From
Give a wave to good old Dave
Say hello to progress
And goodbye to the Moonlight Motor Inn
Sun comes up behind the freeway
Sets down behind that dried up swimming pool
Can’t make the payments on the mortgage
Can’t turn this red ink into blue
New weeds growin through the gravel
Blacktop cracked and partly washed away
Well the neon sign points in the wrong direction
The Moonlight Motor Inn closed down today
So if you’re passing on your way
From
Give a wave to good old Dave
Say hello to progress
And goodbye to the Moonlight Motor Inn