The Old Lucky Diamond Motel

Album: Guitar Slinger (2011)
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  • Out on Route 66, way back in the sticks
    Out on the old Chisolm trail
    Just east of El Reno next to Ted's Escondido
    Sat the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    Lucille and Madonna slinging cheese enchiladas
    Chain smoking non-filtered Pall Malls
    Old men shooting pool and cursing like fools
    At the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    [Chorus]
    Yeah the old Lucky Diamond, Lucky Diamond Motel
    The Queen of the old mother road
    There's color TV and the kids eat for free
    At the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    There's air streams and truckers and two timing lovers
    Teenagers out raising hell
    There's cowboys and Shriners and old five and dimers
    At the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    Room 23 was the first time for me
    A stripper named Rita Cantrell
    I spent all of my money on that sweet Spanish honey
    At the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    [Chorus]

    Oh the sign said, we doze but we never do close
    I remember her red dress so well
    Old Rita's passed on, the neon sign's gone
    At the old Lucky Diamond Motel

    There's a big wrecking ball
    Just tore down the wall, a piece of America fell
    Now I'm all for progress, but God knows that I miss
    The old Lucky Diamond Motel

    [Chorus x2] Writer/s: Vincent Grant Gill
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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