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I was standin' at a big hotelWishin' everybody wellBut if anybody paid me, any mind it was hard to tellA big policeman on his beatPulled his pistol and he pointed at meLookin' down the barrel I could see the gates of hellStandin' at a big hotelSo I went walkin' down the avenueLookin' for someone who looked like youBut I never saw a face that seemed to ring a bellI stopped beside the five and dimeJust window shoppin' and wastin' timeWhen along came a gal who sold me all she had to sellShe left me standin' at a big hotelI lost my mind in the wilds of HollywoodAnd I did some time in the shadows where I stoodI let the cards fall where they fellAnd then I found myself standin' at a big hotelA blind lady with a old tin cupHad her pencils all sharpened upShe was standin' in the door just to see what she could sellSongtexteBut nobody bought a thing all nightThey just thought she was a pitiful sightNow the Lord helps the gal who helps herselfStandin' at a big hotelOh, but I know what you're thinkin' todayI can feel it though I'm miles awayEverybody knows I love my southern belleBut from the east to the wild, wild westThey say a bird in the hand is bestHere I am with a bird dog and a bottle of muscatelStandin' at a big hotelI lost my mind in the wilds of HollywoodAnd then I did some time in the shadows where I stoodI let the cards fall where they fellAnd then I found myself standin' at a big hotelYeah, I found myself standin' at a big hotel Aus Songtexte Mania