Only the names have changed Inside the motel Sue walk to the desk Signs her name as Miss Jim Slater She asks for a suite She only wants the best Her husband will be along later Bill sits in his office and picks up the phone Barb's waiting to lock up the door I'll be late, he says Don't wait up alone Kate's heard his excuses before Only the names have changed To protect the guilty The guilty and sometimes ashamed The stories The people are real Only the names have changed Michael's a singer He travels the world He's married But still so alone Jane left the group a confused little girl She'll sing by herself from now on Only the names have changed To protect the guilty The guilty and sometimes ashamed The stories The people are real Only the names have changed Only the names have changed