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)