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A Night in a Hotel

from Or The Whale by Tom Hogan

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The nerdiest rock song about sex you'll ever hear.
The first single from the EP "Or The Whale", a collection of songs inspired by Moby Dick.

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The old hotel sat there
Taking cash only at the till
The coins just remind us we're incomplete

You don't eat veggie dumplings
Leaving too many for me
Like table salt to the sea-gods
It occurred to my feet to roll in

So I swam not knowing how to get in
Before the night started to throw it in
I took a double room
By myself, and I cried, "oh why?!"
As you whispered through the wall

Counting complementaries, I just sat there
We just sat there, and we never would again
An out-of-work harpooner brought champagne to our floor
All the while, all the whales spy-hopped through our doors

So I swam, and what a night!
Black inked and scorched with light
So I took a double room
In the belly of a whale
And you tore the doors aside

Quaking in a wreck, we're hot and stranded
Egyptian cotton seaweed all around
Bamboozingly, you ask, "Oh, wasn't there a wall there?
But I've never noticed that birthmark before!"

So I ran, and I turned in,
and I turned my head
And I took a double room
For your eyes, your eyes, your eyes
I've never slept better in my life

credits

from Or The Whale, track released April 8, 2021
Written & Performed by Tom Hogan
Produced & Mastered by Nick Franklin
Cover photo by Pilar Mata Dupont
Typography by Bonnie Leigh-Dodds

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Tom Hogan Sydney, Australia

Tom Hogan lives and works on Gadigal land, Sydney. Celebratory songs, with a musical expertise that can only be described as “chaotic neutral”. His work is obsessed with myth, and authenticity, often taking cues from literature and other storytelling traditions. Known for his charismatic and mercurial live performances, he is also a theatremaker, podcaster and composer. ... more

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