Can't Let You In, Can't Let You Out

There's a vacancy sign by the Riverside Inn

A sight for my sore eyes

The letters are chipped and the paint is gritty

Must've had a hard time

I'm pulling up the drive, wrapping up the ramble

Laying down this heart of mine

Book me a room and fill it with my trouble

Boy it's been a hard time

Drawn in like a magnet

To a solid ball of steel

I want it, but it seems

Like too good of a deal

The clerk he smiled but his eyes were sad

Like he can't make up his mind

He leaned on in to say

I can't let you in, I can't let you out

A girl I know from when I was young

She used to live across the street

There was a short time and I called her mine

In a long past summer's heat

In this lonely room I'm working up the courage

To call her up again

Will I get myself together

Boy it's been a hard time

Drawn in like a magnet

To a solid ball of steel

I want it, but it seems

Like too good of a deal

The girl she laughed but her voice was sad

Like she couldn't make up her mind

She whispered to the phone

I can't let you in, I can't let you out

Drawn in like a magnet

To a solid ball of steel

I want it, but it seems

Like too good of a deal

I've got a smile on my face but my heart is sad

Like I can't make up my mind

I whisper to the myself

I can't let it in, I can't let it out