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Artist: Soul Asylum
Canonical path: /soul-asylum/motell-notell
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Motell Notell
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Motell Notell
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Welcome to motel americana
You can be anything you wanna
All our massacres happened such a long time ago
Welcome to motel notell uh-huh
Well this motel's built on murder
On slavery and scorn
I ain't never seen such a mixed up places since the day that I was born
And this motel's not your motel
This motel's not mine
We are only here as visitors
We are here for a very short time
I got make me a reservations
I was out there on vacation
Things were greener than they should be
I'm not sure 'cause I'm from the city
Check in, check out to motel notell
May your stay be short and sweet
Now I'm smokin' American spirits
And I got my tomahawk chop
I'll be drinkin' down my crazy horse ‘til somebody cuts me off
And this land is not your land
This land is not mine
We are only here as visitors
We are here for a very short time
So check in, check out to motel notell
You gotta pay or you're out on the street
And there's no one there
There's no one there to care for ya
May your stay be short and sweet
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