10cc - Notell Hotel lyrics

I checked into the room and I checked the view

And then I locked and chained the door

I had time to kill I had space to fill

Like a prisoner on the floor

But then the silence broke, there's a woman

screaming down the hall

And I wondered what was going on

Here at the Notell Hotel

So I killed the light and I slipped the chain

took a peek into the hall

I was just in time to see the waiter trip

and drop the dinner on the floor

But the Bellboy smiled as the elevator started to fall

And I wondered what was going on

down at the Notell Hotel

Ooh, I love a mystery (cover up and intrigue)

Life can be a thriller, a fantasy of everything I see

Ooh, how I love a mystery (turned up raincoats)

Secret agents, waiting for the missing clue

at a rendezvous

I heard the sound of feet and I looked out to

meet a girl I knew I'd seen before

She had the kind of looks, you see in dirty books

and she was dripping on the floor

She was taking a shower when someone tiptoed in

and turned out the lights

It's gonna be one of those nights

down at the Notell Hotel

I took her into my room and picked the lock on the bar

to get a drink to calm her down

Then the mirror cracked as the window shook

and the table turned around

And when I grabbed at the phone

there was a voice at the end of the line

"Is that 1059? Is anything wrong, Is there anything wrong"

here at the Notell Hotel

Ooh, I love a mystery (cover up and intrigue)

Life can be a thriller, a fantasy of everything I see

Ooh, how I love a mystery (turned up raincoats)

Secret agents, waiting for the missing clue

at a rendezvous