Hotel Karalafonia

Onthe road to Trivandrum

Coconutoil in my hair

Warm smell of avial

Risingup through the air

Upahead in the distance

Isaw a bright pink tube-light

Mytummy rumbled, I felt weak and thin

Ihad to stop for a bite

Therehe stood in the doorway

Flickedhis mundu in style

AndI was thinking to myself

Idon't like the look of his sinister smile

Thenhe lit up a petromax

Muttering'No power today'

MoreMallus down the corridor

Ithought I heard them say

Welcometo the Hotel Kerala-fonia

Sucha lousy place,

Sucha lousy place (background)

Sucha sad disgrace,

Plentyof bugs at the Hotel Kerala-fonia

Anytime of year

Anytime of year (background)

It'sinfested here

It'sinfested here

Hisfinger's stuck up his nostril

He'sgot a big, thick mustache

Hemakes an ugly, ugly noise

Butthat's just his laugh

Buxomgirls clad in pavada

Eatingbanana chips

Someroll their eyes, and

Someroll their hips

Isaid to the manager

Myroom's full of mice

Hesaid,

Don'tworry, saar,I sending you

meenkarri, brandy and ice

Andstill those voices were crying from far away

Wakeyou up in the middle of the night

Justto hear them pray

Saveus from the Hotel Kerala-fonia

Sucha lousy place,

Sucha lousy place (background)

Sucha sad disgrace

Tryingto live at the Hotel Kerala-fonia

Itis no surprise

Itis no surprise (background)

Thatit swarms with flies

The blind man was pouring

Stale sambar on rice

And he said

Weare all just actors here

In Silk Smitha-disguise

Andin the dining chamber

We gathered for the feast

Westab it with our steely knives

But we just can't cut that beef

Last thing I remember

Iwas writhing on the floor

That cockroach in my appam-stew was the culprit,

Iam sure

Relax,said the watchman

This enema will make you well

Andhis friends laughed as they held me down

God's Own Country?

Oh, Hell!

㏕he Yeagles

THEMATHIAS"