Kiki Dee

Released: November 27, 1973

Songwriter: Kiki Dee

Producer: Elton John Clive Franks

Hotel room I know you find
That you're just a bed and a chair
I look outside at the city streets
And I'm going to be a stranger out there
Call somebody I used to know
I'm pretty sure he should be at home
Operator said I got a line
But there doesn't seem to be any tone

Rest my head on a brand new bed
Came a long way today
Tomorrow morning I'll settle down
Tomorrow I'll be okay

Room service send me a room
One with a friend and a view
Gonna put on a gown and head for town
Have a little rendevous
Small time girl it's a big time town
You must of heard this story before
Got to find a way to make the whole thing pay
I don't want to stay in line anymore

Momma said I oughta be at home
A needle don't belong in the hay
Tomorrow morning I'll settle down
Tomorrow I'll be okay

Rest my head on a brand new bed
Came a long way today
Tomorrow morning I'll settle down
Tomorrow I'll be okay

Rest my head on a brand new bed
Came a long way today
Tomorrow morning I'll settle down
Tomorrow I'll be okay

Pauline Matthews better known as Kiki Dee, is an English singer.

She kicked around Britain as a white soul singer for the better part of the late ‘60s and early '70s – even becoming the first British Caucasian signed to Motown – before hooking up with Elton John, who signed her to his Rocket Records label and produced her first notable hit, “I’ve Got the Music in Me.”

In 1976, at which time John was the biggest pop star in the world, he wrote and duetted with Dee on the single “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” which promptly topped the charts all over the world. It did not, however, make Dee a long-term star, though she scored a couple of subsequent hits in England and turned to the stage with some success, especially by starring in Blood Brothers in the West End.

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