[Verse 1] I told my woman that I’d only be gone for a couple of days I had a friend who was in need of a guitar picker in the worst way When I kissed that woman goodbye she yelled out as I drove by "Don’t you let me catch you stayin’ in a Holiday Hotel!" [Verse 2] I bought myself a ticket on the Airways Express; I was destined for Modesto. When I met my little buddy he said "How do you do?" and I said "Fine friend" He told me he had a surprise but what I didn’t know I finally surmised I was standin’ there holdin’ a key to a Holiday Hotel [Verse 3] I was awakened in the mornin’ by the ring of the phone; it was the hotel operator I got a message from a friend who checked out and he said "I’ll see you later" He ran out before he paid me my bread I remembered what my baby had said "Don’t you let me catch you stayin’ in a Holiday Hotel!" "Don’t you let me catch you stayin’ in a Holiday Hotel!"