Lyrics
MOTEL 6 SERENANDE
By Paula Boggs, © 2020
Verse 1
I’m in a Motel 6 in Phoenix
Trying to find your name in the White Pages.
But you’re not there
Or I can’t figure out your self-expression.
Too many years since I’ve seen you
And don’t know when I’ll see you again.
Chorus
Memory fades a yellowed page.
Teachers, rules and swimming pools.
Signposts of an awkward age.
Feigning cool in high school.
Memory fades, a yellowed page
But I still see your face.
Verse 2
I still have your senior picture
And the ones we took in downtown Vicenza.
We were sixteen and you were my best friend, my alter ego.
You always said I’d be a loner.
You knew, you knew, you knew, you knew.
Chorus
Memory fades…a yellowed page.
Teachers, rules and swimming pools.
Signposts of an awkward age.
Feigning cool in high school.
Oh memory fades, a yellowed page
But I still see your face.
Bridge
Sometimes I think about you and almost start to cry.
Sometimes I think about you and a tear comes to my eye.
Instrumental Solo
Chorus/Outro
Memory fades…a yellowed page.
Teachers, rules and swimming pools.
Signposts of an awkward age.
Feigning cool in high school. (repeat 3 times)