Hotel Chappaquiddick

On a dark resort roadway cool wind in his hair
Warm smell of Chivas Regal filling up in the air
Up ahead in the distance, he saw a shimmering light
His head grew heavy and his sight grew dim
Bridge was left but he went right

There he stood in the doorway; He was dripping wet
There'd been a accident, didn't mention Mary Jo Yet
After he talked with a lawyer, he showed us the way
It was 10 hours later in the middle of Day

Welcome to the Hotel Chappaquiddick
Such a lovely place, she had a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel Chappaquiddick
Any time of year (any time of year) you can find him here

His story was definitely twisted, didn't know the roads or bends
he made a lot of calls to family and to lawyer friends
How he sweat in the sunlight, how he's to beat this rap
Some things he remembers, others he forgets.

So I called up Uncle Teddy; lets go for a drive
he hasn't seen the backseat of a car since nineteen sixty-nine
He can hear her voice calling from beneath the waves
Wakes him up in the middle of the night, just to hear her say

Welcome to the Hotel Chappaquiddick
Such a lovely place, she had a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel Chappaquiddick
When you tell lies (when you tell lies) We have alibis

Autos in the water, the girl is now on ice
And he said, it was just a horrible accident let's cease and desist
Among the Kennedy Family, there's no greater beast
The press asked some questions, he doesn't care in the least

Last thing he remembered was swimming to the shore
He had to find the shortcut back to the place he was before
Relax said the family. We are programmed to deceive
You can check it out anytime you like but the truth will never leave.

In 1960, John Kennedy was elected President of the United States and vacated his Massachusetts Senate seat. Since Ted would not be eligible to fill his brother's vacant Senate seat until February 22, 1962, when he would turn thirty, his father therefore persuaded the Massachusetts governor to name a Kennedy family friend Benjamin A. Smith II to fill out John's term, keeping the seat available for Ted.[8] In 1962, Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts in a special election. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was reelected in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006.

merkyl wrote:

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Who's that other senator from Mass? I forget.

I think he served in Vietnam.