[Interlude]
   

[Verse]
            
Got my window 

             
open in the so

              
uthern cross h

 
otel
            
It's been my l

             
ongest night i

         
 can tell
            
By the way i'm

           
 not surprised
            
To see the des

              
ert cover over

    
 paradise
             
Now count ever

             
y rhododendron

             
 in this cool 

         
mountain light
            
I made more mi

             
stakes than th

          
at just tonigh

t
             
So all of you 

             
folks in heave

             
n not too busy

             
 ringing the b

ell
            
Some of us dow

             
n here ain't d

          
oing very well
             
Some of us wit

             
h our windows 

             
open in the so

              
uthern cross m

 
otel

[Chorus]
       
Still waitin
       
Still waitin

[Verse]
            
For you to sin

             
g that song ag

   
ain
             
The one you we

             
re singin at t

             
he very fall o

  
f man
            
It ain't halle

             
lujah but it m

              
ight as well h

    
ave been
            
Sing it brothe

            
r one more tim

e
            
Sing it brothe

            
r one more tim

e
            
Sing it sister

           
 one more time
            
Sing it sister

           
 one more time
            
Once for every

             
body who got l

      
eft behind

[Chorus]
             
Whip-poor-will


            
Oh whip-poor-w

ill
             
Whip-poor-will


            
Whip-poor-will

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Oh whip-poor-w

ill
             
Whip-poor-will


             
Whip-poor-will


            
Oh whip-poor-w

ill
             
Whip-poor-will



[Outro]
              
Looks like I n

             
ever made it b

             
ack from the s

              
outhern cross 

     
hotel