Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel - Live In New York City, 1984

I used to have a job and I was doin' fairly well
Depression came along and everybody start to yell
Where'd they go, the good ol' days and all the crap we used to sell?
Now I'm in hot plate heaven
(At The Green Hotel)

Republicans is fine, if you're a multi-millionaire
Democrats is fair, if all you own is what you wear
Neither of 'em's really right, 'cause neither of 'em care
About that hot plate heaven
('Cause they ain't been there)

They really oughta go and find out how the hallway smell
They'd benefit to know 'bout what the bums in there could tell
I guess we're only dreaming, but I suppose it's just as well
It's all you get to dream up in The Green Hotel

Nature didn't put me here and neither did my fate
It must have been some evil old republican candidate
He's over there in washington, but I wish he was in hell
'Cause I'm in hot plate heaven
(At The Green Hotel)

Things is slightly better now, they hope we will forget
The misery of trickle-down and jelly bean etiquette
The Reagan presidential style has simply not worn well
But neither has my rags up in The Green Hotel

I said the (Green Hotel)
I mean the (Green Hotel)
The what? (Green Hotel)
I'm born again (Green Hotel)

Neither has my rags up in The Green Hotel
Hey, pass me the dog food