The Mission Hotel

1. Anna works at the hotel
Where all the singers hang out
She brings them their coffee
When the drinks have run out.

She dreams in the kitchen
Stands real close to the door
And she listens to them singing
She wants to hear more.

They sings songs of the travelling through strange and foreign lands
Play tunes on guitars with strong and delicate hands
Sing of the ladies they left so far behind
And fame and the fortune they're hoping to find.

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Anna brushes her hair and waits for the day
For her lover to come and take her away
She will know him for sure
Cause she's dreamed of him so many times before
When he takes her away.

2. The night's winding down and they're playing out the last tune
It's time to be leaving and chasing that old devil moon
A casual glance and Anna is ready to go
To rule in the arms of some sweet talking Romeo.

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The song is a dream that sometimes gets lost on the way
Dreaming's for lovers who sometimes don't know what to say
But take it as given it all comes 'round in the end
When Anna is singing dreaming of loving again.

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