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HOTEL BARS

by Dave Warner

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This is a live recording from 1989 Perth. The song was written around 1988 by Greg Macainsh and me but never fully studio recorded. We played it live 1989-1994 period and I was really impressed with its power when I listened back to old desk tapes.

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We go to hotel bars we go to pubs at night
We jostle and we rub between the hotel lights
We do not park our cars beneath the moon and stars
Prefer to spend our time at night in hotel bars
Each night we go to war with glass between our teeth
We’re orphans of the day we’re pirates of the beat.
We like those loud guitars wielded like scimitars
Prefer to spend our time at night in hotel bars.
Our pavements seem to be a shrinking
Frightened people stay inside
The streets are all deserted the police are all alerted
We’ve got nowhere else to hide
There’s Southwark Sam and me and 4 X Fred makes three
There’s nature lover Ron protecting icy Swans
There’s Toohey’s Tom and Hugh who likes cans navy blue
There’s nowhere else to go and nothing else to do
‘Cept go to hotel bars and go to pubs at night
We like to walk the plank we like to run the lights
We all are petrol heads the back seat is our bed
But if you let them scare you might as well be dead
Our pavements seem to be a shrinking
Frightened people stay inside
The streets are all deserted the police are all alerted
We’ve got nowhere else to hide
We go to hotel bars we go to pubs at night
We jostle and we rub between the hotel lights
We do not park our cars beneath the moon and stars
Prefer to spend our time at night in hotel bars
At night in hotel bars, at night in hotel bars, at night in hotel bars.

credits

released November 28, 2021
songwriters Dave Warner & Greg Macainsh. Mastering Tony Cooper.
band: Johnny Leopard and Martin Cilia (guitars) Howie Shawcross (bass and b/v) John Crookes (keys b/v) Nicole (b/v) Dave Warner vocal.

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Dave Warner Sydney, Australia

Bob Dylan declared Dave Warner his favourite Australian artist. In 1973 Warner formed Pus, Australia’s first punk band.
He travelled to London in 1975 and developed a concept of original Australian music, `suburban rock’. Warner returned to Perth in 1976 and formed Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs an instant success. Warner continues to write and record music and is author of 20 books.
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