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Hotel Riverview

from Family Traditions by Aron Blue

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The Hotel Riverview is the last flophouse in the West Village, a bizarre relic in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in NYC.

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Well, it's a short way from the Riverview to heaven
Just watch the rich folks with their dogs outside
Dumb animals in fashionable clothing
They'll never worry where to spend the night, oh lord
They'll never worry where to spend the night

Well it's a short way from the Riverview to heaven
Just listen to that old man cough next door
He's traded in his final breath for one last drag of cigarette
and pretty soon we'll hear him cough no more, oh lord
pretty soon we'll hear him cough no more

And the Riverview's a dark and rough spot in this diamond mine
And the Riverview it shines because it simply doesn't shine
And you love me and baby I love you
So we checked into the Hotel Riverview

Well it's a short way from the Riverview to heaven
I know because you take me there each night
We got no money, we got no home, but here's a place we can be alone
And wrap our arms around each other tight, oh lord,
wrap our arms around each other tight

And the Riverview's a dark and rough spot in this diamond mine
And the Riverview it shines because it simply doesn't shine
And you love me and baby I love you
So we checked into the hotel Riverview

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from Family Traditions, released August 1, 2011

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Aron Blue has performed at NYC venues like Bowery Electric, The Bitter End, and the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival 2016 and 2017.

On the west coast, she has performed at venues such as The Viper Room in Los Angeles in 2018.

Since releasing her first album in 2016, she has toured coffeehouses, dive bars, and pubs across the nation on an Amtrak Rail Pass while honing her sound. ... more

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