No Gideon Bibles

No Gideon Bibles

There  are no Gideon Bibles at  the Chelsea Hotel. 

Many a famous artist 

Seems to know it well.   

Bob Dylan wrote a song there

Dylan Thomas lived his poems

Ginsberg and Kerouac 

Stayed there

And Janis Joplin and Leonard Cohen

There's always a vacancy at the Chelsea

Get a room without a phone

Drinking Mad Dog in the lobby

Or get drunk in your room alone

Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel there

William Burroughs shot his dope

Diego Rivera cheated on Frieda

Sid Vicious cut Nancy's throat

If the manager doesn't like you

He'll kick your ass out the door

If you're broke but you look alright

You  can sleep on the hallway floor

There are no Gideon Bibles at the Chelsea Hotel

When I get back to New York City

Gonna stay there and raise some Hell.

Judge Santiago Burdon

Dennis Veeder

@2001