just like old times

there's a coke machine glowin' through the parking lot, call it a room with a view, this was the best night of pool that i ever shot, i made a lot of money too, i was looking for some company, in the weekly "scene", seen an ad it, just had to be you, i hadn't seen you since new orleans, and i never did figure out where you ran off to, i know i looked bad the last time you saw me, but lately i been doin' all right, i won a tournament last week in oklahoma city, hustled half of this town tonight, i got some cocaine if you want some, it's the best that i could find, hey, we could just sit here and talk all night, if that big ol' guy out in the car don't mind, like old times, screw off the top on a bottle of wine, living out our own kind of american dream, old times, your goal was always the same as mine, you didn't want to throw a fishing line in that old main stream, you know i ain't expecting anybody but you, i don't know who this could be at the door, but i'm pretty sure that you got a clue, and i bet that you've been to this hotel before, put the "you-know-what" - in the bathroom, but don't flush it down just yet, put your pager in my suitcase, i'll get the window, you light a cigarette, it'll be like. old times, just like the old times, living out our own kind of american dream, old times, your goal was always the same as mine, you didn't want to throw a fishing line in that old main stream, "no sir officer you don't understand, we're just two old friends drinkin' wine, i'm sure she is but that's not all she is, she's also an old friend of mine, i got her high school picture right here in my wallet - 1982, no sir officer no offense taken, you have a good night, too", good thing we didn't throw this away, baby, turn up that radio, i'm pretty sure that cop knew what we were up to, i guess he just decided to let us go, don't make such a thing about that picture, that was just something i kept, don't get all sentimental on me now, girl, you haven't even told me what your new name is yet, old times, just like the old times, living out our own kind of american dream, old times, your goal was always the same as mine, you didn't want to throw a fishing line in that old main stream