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No Shoes No Shirt No Service

from Mirror in the Spirit Hotel by Richard Haxton

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I was crawling through the desert on the edge of night
It was looking like I breathed my last
A million miles from nowhere. My hope was fading fast
When all of a sudden I see a sign. Flashing like a long lost friend
"Welcome to The Last Chance Diner"
My trouble was at an end
So I crawl up to the counter. I got to place my order
I crawl up to the counter and I cry "Water. Water!"
Somebody says

"You can't come in here looking like that
you'll make the customers nervous
You can't come in here looking like that
no shoes, no shirt, no service
No shoes, no shirt, no sir"

So I die and go to heaven, it's just like standing in line
I say, "What's everybody here waiting for?"
They say, "Your guess is good as mine"
Then an angel with a pencil and paper flies by says
"Baby, what's your name? What did you do?"
I say, "I used to be a singer in a rock and roll band"
She says, "Baby, have we got the thing for you"
And I feel myself falling, everything's getting hotter
I feel myself falling, and I cry, "Water. Water!" Somebody says

And way out in the distance I can just make out Gabriel unpacking his ax
He takes it out and he plays something that goes a little like this

So if you want to be happy you better dress the part
and if you want to be rich you better hide your heart.
Just lift up the rug and sweep the dirt
and don't you ever get caught without your shoes and shirt

You better watch your P's and Q's
You better wear your shirt and shoes

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from Mirror in the Spirit Hotel, released January 1, 1998
Written and performed by Richard Haxton

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Richard Haxton Los Angeles, California

From the middle of Mississippi, served in Viet Nam in Thailand, lives 5,000 feet from the world's oldest freeway. Searches for transcendence - or something - where science meets the spirit. Never quit fighting the war for the groove!

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