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A House Is Not a Motel

Nov. 1, 19671 viewer20.9K views

A House Is Not a Motel Lyrics

[Verse 1]
At my house I've got no shackles
You can come and look if you want to
Through the halls you'll see the mantles
Where the light shines dim all around you
And the streets are paved with gold and if
Someone asks you, you can call my name

[Verse 2]
You are just a thought that someone
Somewhere somehow feels you should be here
And it's so for real to touch
To smell, to feel, to know where you are here
And the streets are paved with gold and if
Someone asks you, you can call my name
You can call my name
I hear you calling my name, yeah
All right now!

[Verse 3]
By the time that I'm through singing
The bells from the school of war will be ringing
More confusions, blood transfusions
The news today will be the movies for tomorrow
And the water's turned to blood, and if
You don't think so
Go turn on your tub
And if it's mixed with mud
You'll see it turn to gray

And you can call my name
I hear you calling my name

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November 1, 1967
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