Tesla’s Hotel Room lyrics

[Refrain]
In the last days of wonder
When spirits still flew
Where we sat holding hands in half-darkened rooms

[Verse 1]
Nicola Tesla in the hotel New Yorker
Nursing sick pigeons by the open window
Dreamed of a death ray to disintegrate matter
Detected Morse code drom faraway planets
He couldn’t stand the touch of hair or of skin
But stroked feathers gently on trembling wings
And drew plans for a camera to photograph thoughts
Vacuum tube lights wireless phones

[Refrain]
In the last days of wonder
When spirits still flew
Round bubbling test tubes in half-darkened rooms

[Verse 2]
Edison and Westinghouse in silk brocade
Ate oysters Rockerfeller with French champagne
But Tesla grew thin eating only saltines
Going days in his lab without any sleep
Dreaming of God as an X-ray beam
He was hit by a cab while crossing the street
Lying on his bedspread, he struggled to breathe
The light bulbs exploded, the air filled with wings
[Refrain]
In the last days of wonder
When spirits still flew
Tesla vacated his half-darkened room