The motel lights were blinkin'

On my chartreuse four door Lincoln

On the dock the fish were stinkin'

I simply didn't have a care



And the old men sit round the cracker barrels

The children hum their Christmas carols

The train tracks all run parallel

But they'll all meet up one day





On a dusty pew in a vestibule

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

He's waiting for the next poor fool

Who forgot that it was Sunday





We used to tell each other lies

With our orange plastic button eyes

In a former life on a motel chair

I was Charlie Parker's teddy bear





Yeah, me and Bird we'd stay up late

I used to watch him contemplate

While his horn would sit by the window and

Wait till it was time for him to blow it





On a dusty pew in a vestibule

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

He's waiting for the next poor fool

Who forgot that it was Sunday





The only song I ever knew

Was Moonlight Bay on the Avenue

These are the tales from the Devil's chin

Charlie I could've been a contender





And the old men sit round the cracker barrels

The children hum their Christmas carols

The train tracks all run parallel

But they'll all meet up one day





On a dusty pew in a vestibule

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

He's waiting for the next poor fool

Who forgot that it was Sunday

Who forgot that it was Sunday.