Blue Motel Ballroom

Blue Motel Ballroom

Vacancy sign over Route nine
Blue sequins under my coat
Every Friday this tired lounge
Turns into the place I need the most
Back home I keep my voice low
Here the room says use it all
I learned my real name under mirror lights
With strangers cheering from the wall

I thought home was a town
Till a room clapped back

Blue Motel Ballroom, I learned my real name here
Blue Motel Ballroom, nobody asked me to disappear
I came in hiding under somebody else's rules
Blue Motel Ballroom, you made me feel true

Then I see my mother's face
Standing quiet by the door
My stomach drops, music keeps moving
I don't know what she came here for
She does not smile right away
Does not leave when the chorus starts
By the second song she takes one chair
And stays long enough to break my heart

Blue Motel Ballroom
Blue Motel Ballroom

Acceptance didn't look like movies
No speech, no perfect line
I thought home was a town until a room clapped back
That blue sequin jacket gave it away

Blue Motel Ballroom, blue light on her face
Blue Motel Ballroom, maybe love can learn new shapes
I came in hiding under somebody else's rules
Blue Motel Ballroom, tonight she saw me true

Blue Motel Ballroom

Blue Motel Ballroom