When you check in the cheatin' hotel, you'll be back
For another spin at the wheel and a race at the track
They're off and running down at the bar
This is Heather and this is John
They're all down at the cheatin' hotel looking for fun
Yeah, I'm the bartender in here and it's quite a scene
The women get dressed to kill and slip off their rings
Their husbands meet them an hour later
She'll have friends all around the table
And introduce the old man as one of her latest flings

Then they go out on the dance floor
Now there's a new man to sway for
And touch and talk and sip some more red wine
Then the slow dances get much closer
And now's the time for low words
That guy there with your wife's my husband but it's okay
Then I watch all of them leave
They share a stare and a squeeze
Now they got what they want at the cheatin' hotel suite

I don't know if it's wrong or right
I'm sure it feels good at the time
But if you keep on playing this game you'll lose your mind
'Cause they're thinking about him or her
Then they feel like a piece of dirt
It's time to check out of the cheatin' hotel and go home for good
We get quite a few attractive lonely wives
They come in the bar together about 6:45
And sit down and say with their eyes
"My friend and I are looking for a good time"
It don't take long to find a couple of guys at the cheatin' hotel

Then they go out on the dance floor
Now they got a new man to sway for
And touch and talk and sip some more red wine
Then the slow dances get a lot closer
And now they whisper low words
"Are you married?" "Why, yes I am, but that's okay"
And they know it's really not
Now look at all the troubles they got
If you check in the cheatin' hotel
Somebody somewhere's gonna tell
And you'll be in the room from hell and you can't get away

The light blinks on and off
Bartender, last round for us all
Oh, they had a mighty hard fall
Down here at the cheatin' hotel