[00:16.85]Out on Route 66, way back in the sticks
[00:21.54]Out on the old Chisolm trail
[00:25.33]Just east of El Reno next to Ted’s Escondido
[00:29.45]Sat the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[00:35.63]Lucille and Madonna slinging cheese enchiladas
[00:39.84]Chain smoking non-filtered Pall Malls
[00:43.90]Old men shooting pool and cursing like fools
[00:48.32]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[00:52.19]Yeah the old Lucky Diamond, Lucky Diamond Motel
[00:57.07]The Queen of the old mother road
[01:00.98]There’s color TV and the kids eat for free
[01:05.11]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[01:15.89]There’s air streams and truckers and two timing lovers
[01:20.42]Teenagers out raising hell
[01:24.03]There’s cowboys and shriners and old five and dimers
[01:28.26]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[01:32.72]Room 23 was the first time for me
[01:36.75]A stripper named Rita Cantrell
[01:40.63]I spent all of my money on that sweet Spanish honey
[01:45.18]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[01:48.88]Yeah the old Lucky Diamond, Lucky Diamond Motel
[01:53.64]The Queen of the old mother road
[01:57.56]There’s color TV and the kids eat for free
[02:02.05]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[02:11.75]Oh the sign said, we doze but we never do close
[02:16.44]I remember her red dress so well
[02:20.54]Old Rita’s passed on, the neon sign’s gone
[02:24.95]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[02:28.76]There’s a big wrecking ball
[02:31.05]Just tore down the wall, a piece of America fell
[02:37.26]Now I’m all for progress, but God knows that I miss
[02:41.46]The old Lucky Diamond Motel
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[03:01.96][02:45.13]Yeah the old Lucky Diamond, Lucky Diamond Motel
[03:06.59][02:49.93]The Queen of the old mother road
[03:10.60][02:53.94]There’s color TV and the kids eat for free
[03:14.70][02:58.04]At the old Lucky Diamond Motel
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