behind the flowers in the place i stay she breathed in and took my breath away i was a stranger in a denver hotel lounge she sat across from me on a crushed white velvet couch we shared red wine till our lips turned blue talking all about the crazy things that people do at the hotel love the taxis bring the high heels home at night the piano man sings an old love song or two and we sing along like hotel lovers do there's an old man sittin' by the window pane he knows the old love song from his wedding day he thinks back to his vegas honeymoon and how they danced all night in that hotel ballroom as the old man thinks a young man drinks a drink too big for him but it's alright cause it's summertime and his date is fine and her husband well he sleeps all night at the hotel love the taxis bring the high heels home at night the piano man sings an old love song or two and we sing along like hotel lovers do as the moon falls down on another room in town the candles burn and the doorlocks turn to crime till checkout time at the hotel love