Harry Chapin - Vacancy Lyrics
Mrs. Smith and Mr. Jones have come to pass the nightThey pulled off of the highway when they saw my lightIt's a vacancy I offer them, what they offer meIs fullness for a lifetime that's bare as can beThere's a vacancy, won't you come to meAnd fill my empty spacesI'm a motel man in a promised landThat's filled with empty facesSo won't you bring your sorrows bring your dreams,It's a place for you to beThere's no more tomorrow or that's how it seemsWon't you come to me? I've got a vacancyAnother name, another key, another pass to gloryAnother night, another sight, another bedtime storyAnother stage, another chance, for gentleness or violenceAnother birth, another dance, another death in silenceThere's a vacancy, won't you come to meAnd fill my empty spacesI'm a motel man in a promised landThat's filled with empty facesSo won't you bring your sorrows bring your dreams,It's a place for you to beThere's no more tomorrow or that's how it seemsWon't you come to me? I've got a vacancyMr. John is coming on with his liasonMr. Soft is comin' off and soon he'll be goneMrs. Hart has come apart now that she's aloneMr. Jive has come alive but nobody's homeMornings come checkout time, with my pail and broomI find what they've left behind in every tell-tale roomThe sheets show their struggles, the glasses their fearsThe ashtrays the hours passed, the towels their tearsThere's a vacancy, won't you come to meAnd fill my empty spacesI'm a motel man in a promised landThat's filled with empty facesSo won't you bring your sorrows bring your dreams, -aca
