Biography:
The Motels are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for Only the Lonely and Suddenly, Last Summer, both of which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively.*
First incarnation
Formed in 1971 in Berkeley, California, the band (then called The Warfield Foxes) moved to Los Angeles by 1973 seeking a record deal. The band consisted of Martha Davis on vocals and guitar, Dean Chamberlain on lead guitar, Chuck Wada on 2nd lead guitar and others.
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[Verse]
A
I know you hate me now
I see your face and
F#m
know the reason why
D
I look at you and
I am terrified
It's like we never were
E
so will ever be again?
[Verse]
A
Shame dragged me here today
to hear the truth
F#m
that I could never say
D
to take the blameI always gave away
I wait to see what comes
E
I wait to be undone
[Chorus]
F#m
Everybody wants to know
what the punchline
Everybody wants to know
Bm
what the punchline is
[Verse]
A
So far we've come and gone
both of us
F#m
trying to find our way back home
with just lost dreams
D
that we've come to own
and here we stand again
E
is it the beginning or the end?
[Chorus]
F#m
Everybody wants to know
what the punchline
Everybody wants to know
Bm
what the punchline is
(repeat six times)
A
I know you hate me now
I see your face and
F#m
know the reason why
D
I look at you and
I am terrified
It's like we never were
E
so will ever be again?
[Verse]
A
Shame dragged me here today
to hear the truth
F#m
that I could never say
D
to take the blameI always gave away
I wait to see what comes
E
I wait to be undone
[Chorus]
F#m
Everybody wants to know
what the punchline
Everybody wants to know
Bm
what the punchline is
[Verse]
A
So far we've come and gone
both of us
F#m
trying to find our way back home
with just lost dreams
D
that we've come to own
and here we stand again
E
is it the beginning or the end?
[Chorus]
F#m
Everybody wants to know
what the punchline
Everybody wants to know
Bm
what the punchline is
(repeat six times)
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