spoken
i just got finished given the hotel
manager back the room key and paid my bill
i was outside in the car
in the shadows of the parkin’ lot
tellin’ the woman i was with
how happy she made me
kissin’ and huggin’
an all of a sudden another car
pulled up on the parkin’ lot
but i couldn’t believe my eyes
’cause the woman that was sitting
in the front seat beside another dude
turned out to be my old lady
sings
lord i was checkin’ out
and she was checkin’ in
yeah yeah yeah yeah
oh yeah
oh let me tell you people
i was checkin’ out umhm
an my old lady was checkin’ in
oh lord have mercy
i was with my other woman
and she she was with her boyfriend
she waited outside ya’all in the car
while he went in yeah
to rent the room
i wanted to say something to her
but there was nothing i could say yeah
’cause the woman i was with
yes she was married too
lord i was checkin’ out
and she was checkin’ in checkin’ in
yeah yeah yeah
oh yes she was
ya’all i saw another man took my old lady
oh took my baby
let me tell ya
in the hideaway motor inn
motor inn yeah baby umhm
uum i was with my other woman
oh i was treated wrong yeah
and she was with her boyfriend
she was suppose to be at home
mindin’ the kids
the both of us had been untrue
been untrue
guess i’ll have to go on
bein’ blind
i can’t reveal her guilt
without’ showin’ mine lord
i was checkin’ out
checkin out sho’ nuff was
as she was checkin’ in
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
hoo hey umm let me tell ya
what hurt me so bad ya’all
hurt me really hurt me so bad
really hurt me so bad
it hurt me
the man gave him the same room i had
yes he did yeahyeah
the same room i was in yeah
umm what a terrible blow it was
such a terrible terrible terrible thing it was
fades
what a terrible thing
to do to a man yeahyeah
she was smilin’
and she never smiles
i think my debt has
caught up with me ya’all
lord have mercy
Artist: Don Covay
Year: 1973
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 195