I'm staying at the air conditioned Diamond Motel Drinking too much, feeling pretty swell Right off highway 86 the road to Mexicali Motorhomes cut through the Imperial Valley There's a pink neon sign glowing like a jewel Santa Ana wind blew the "D" into the pool I laugh at everything 'cause reality is cruel If you take it all so serious you feel just like a fool It sparkles like a diamond in the desert sun No one will ever find you, you're safe from everyone The say one man's heaven is another man's hell What is real and what's a dream? Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Lies the diamond motel It's a hundred twenty-two at 4:30 today All a boy can do is hunker down in the shade But the nights out here are magic and the sky is full of stars As clear as the tequila here at Las Flores Bar And it sparkles like a diamond in the desert sun No one ever finds you, you'll be safe from everyone The say one man's heaven is another man's hell What is real and what's a dream? Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Lies the diamond motel Hey we're eating a Teresa's where the campesinos go We speak a little Spanish, just enough to know And it sparkles like a diamond in the desert sun No one will ever find you, you'll be safe from everyone The say one man's heaven is another man's hell But some days I just can't tell I'm somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) 'Cause it sparkles like a diamond in the desert sun No one will ever find me, I'll safe from everyone The say one man's heaven is another man's hell What is real and what's a dream? Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) Somewhere in between (somewhere in between) At the Diamond Motel That's right, pour me another one