Panama City Motel

Don't you know I need a place to stay

It's only fifteen bucks a day

I didn't wanna end up here

But now I guess I need to stay

River red, runs like lead

And the smell of kerosene in my head

Stuck in here in this shit hole

Reading foreign magazines instead

But senor, I only have ten dollars

"Can't you give me a room for the night?"

We argue about currency, and then

He says, "I can stay for the night"

In this Panama city motel

I came out on the freeway again

A woman approaches in Barcelona

Walking down the Diagonalia

Spaghetti concrete overpasses

I keep grasping for something familiar

"But senor, I only have ten dollars

Can't you give me a room for the night?"

We argue about currency, and then

Says, "I can stay for the night"

In this Panama city motel

I came out on the freeway again

In this Panama city motel

I came out on the freeway again

No no, don't you know?

(Don't you know?)

Don't you know?

(Don't you know)

Don't you know?

I need a place to stay

Don't you know?

(I need a place to stay)

Don't you know?

(I need a place to stay)

Don't you know?

(I need a place to stay)

I need a place to stay

(I need a place to stay)