We went to a cheap hotel, A no soap no sleep hotel, The difference and for public scorn. In the dead town where we were born, How I hoped you wouldn't change your mind. But until it was time to find, She was even crazier than I [Chorus] In the big sleeping house, Painted white, Facing south, With the ghost to grin at you, Afternoon, Now please get out. This the night before, We've had a little And we want some more, It changed the world And it makes us sweat, Make no promises make no threats. And I gave her what I give you now, It was weak and it was built on sand. And she, with both her hands. [Chorus] With the ghosts. I heard you ran off to America, She has position and possessions now, And I bet you can't remember how. In the big sleeping house, Painted white, Facing south, We held my hands Up to her face And said damn this place All [Chorus]