G C G C G C G C [Verse 1] G Well, she moves like Betty Grable C G She's an actress waiting tables D And all her tips are kept inside a wishing well G She's got an agent down the hall C G He's got her photo on his wall D G She's got a room at the Evangeline Hotel [Verse 2] G And from the tenth floor fire escape C G She can see the great white way D But not the street and not the eyes of those who fell G She dreams she sees her name in lights C G She dreams that dream every night D G Room ten-o-four at the Evangeline Hotel [Chorus] D It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee" C G She's just a child of Tennessee D Her daddy's girl, her golden curls locked in a spell G Where you don't play your music loud C G And there ain't no men allowed D G On Friday nights at the Evangeline Hotel [Instrumental] G C G D G C G D G [Verse 3] G You make it here, so they declare C G Then you can make it anywhere D Those old clichés ring through the halls just like a bell G But tell it to the ones who wait C G Behind the 23rd Street gate D G On Friday nights at the Evangeline Hotel [Chorus] D It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee" C G She's going back to Tennessee D She's got a watch and winter coat that she can sell G She learned the hard unspoken rule C G And things you never learned in school D G All down the halls at the Evangeline Hotel [Verse 4] G And you can knock on any door C G Any room on any floor D G C G It's all the same at the Evangeline Hotel D G The house of dreams called the Evangeline Hotel