Central Hotel

by Peter Hammill

From the album: Sitting Targets

Track 11 of 11 on Sitting Targets (1981).

Duration: 4:41

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Lyrics for Central Hotel

I found myself lying on the balcony, Stripling terror, naked to the bone; The secret asteroid jungle nearly done for me – I saw it all just a moment ago. I know I'd better watch out For the Central Hotel... I'm not going back. Repetition, superstition, singularity, Though every cell in the body has changed The walls move in well-accustomed hilarity – The circuit changes, but the joke stays the same. I know I'd better watch out For the Central Hotel. I think I'd better get out, I'm not feeling so well. And I won't be going back, Not if I can help it. I can't help it, I can't help it If I still am what I was; I can't help it, I can't help it, I can't stop the therefore because I can't help it. The grace of god shows I'll be going on, I'll be coming back. I know nothing of the miles of the marathon, I hear nothing of the footfall behind, I search for rhythm and I find that I haven't one Slow motion in the runner's mind. I know I'd better watch out For the Central Hotel. I think I'd better get out, I'm not feeling so well. I know I'd better check out, But anyone here can tell I'll be coming back, I'll be back. I'm the Central Hotel. I'm the Central Hotel. I'm the Central Hotel.

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More from Sitting Targets

  1. Breakthrough
  2. My Experience
  3. Ophelia
  4. Empress's Clothes
  5. Glue
  6. Hesitation
  7. Sitting Targets
  8. Stranger Still
  9. Sign
  10. What I Did
  11. Central Hotel