Picture a hotel room
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Clothes scattered across the floor
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Covers pulled back from the pillow
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A sign hung on the door
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Two lovers locked up tight
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Through the endless days and nights
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Hiding something they can't show
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Something no-one must know
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There's a room without a number
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While the sign outside says there's
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no vacancy as you take your key
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They smile at you so understandingly
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She cried out in the night
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Woke the porter from his sleep
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He grinned slyly to himself
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As he went to fetch his keys
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Look what love has brought them to
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This terrible nightmare
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His or hers he could not tell
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As they were sleeping there
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[Chorus]
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And I wish he could be
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The man he was before he was me
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A girl arrived at first light
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And enquired if they'd been seen
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And why the numbers ran from twelve
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Missing out thirteen
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And they said oh my darling
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Put it down to superstition
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Try to avoid a scandal
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And don't arouse suspicion
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They re-arranged the furniture
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They even papered over the door
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There's a room without a number
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While the sign outside says there's
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no vacancy as you take your key
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They smile just so so you know
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[Chorus]
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Room With No Number
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Elvis Costello |