well it aint home
but itll have to do for a while
got a fold down bed
two windows on the parking lot
three plates in the kitchenette
a table and chair where i can eat
a little black-and-white tv
a shower stall and a bathroom sink
and one two-drawer nightsand
barely enough room to be a man

and on the nightstand
sits a photograph
of my wife and kids
reminding me of how good it was
and right now, how bad it is
beside it there's a coffe cup
where i keep my wedding ring and stuff
and some nights it still keeps me up
how i got where i am
funny how a man's life can be reduced
to one nightstand

on the fifth of last november
on a business trip in strangers
alone for the night
she said 'hi im angie
and im from boston
would you drink a beer with me
If i bought'em?
so i hit the hotel bar with her
figured,what would it hurt?

sittin' on the bed
leanin' against the wall
with a bible and a gun
one of them was gonna save me
the only question was which one
so i got down on my shakin knees
asked the lord forgive me please
dropped the gun and grabbed my keys
that picture and my wedding band
funny how a man's life can all come down
to one nightstand
one nightstand
one nightstand