{"id":87,"date":"2026-05-07T19:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=87"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:05:49","slug":"mobley-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/mobley-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobley Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mobley Hotel by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2251576181&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notes:<br>This song is all John Lister. It&#8217;s about Paris Hilton&#8217;s father in case you were wondering.<br>We experimented a bit with vocal effects techniques. There are actually several vocal tracks working here.<br>We also had a ball with the opening sounds.<br>Jeff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics by John Lister<br>It started out quaint, with some folks who said, \u201d Ain\u2019t. \u201d<br>Not from the nasty lead paint, if you know what I mean<br>He paved his own way, with a waiter and tray<br>He could do it all day, if you no what I mean<br>The man you see he worked real hard<br>For all the money that he made<br>He rose up from the dust of Texas<br>To sit in somebody\u2019s parade<br>He bought a broke down hotel, Treated it oh so well<br>That it started to swell, if you know what I mean<br>Although he slept on a cot, and he didn\u2019t have squat<br>That damn hotel that he bought, if you know what I mean<br>The man you see he worked real hard<br>For all the money that he made<br>From strong and brave Antonio<br>That is the place from which he came<br>Soon he bought twenty five, and His business did thrive<br>He\u2019s glad that he was alive, if you know what I mean<br>He was sleek and real neat, and his first wife petite<br>And his granddaughter squeaks, if you know what I mean<br>The man he worked real hard<br>For all the cash his children send<br>And if you ask his children, \u201cPlease.\u201d<br>There is no money they will lend<br>At the Mobley Hotel, things are going so well<br>I\u2019m not sure he would sell, if you know what I mean<br>And now he\u2019s at his end, with nary a friend<br>But endless money to spend, if you know what I mean<br>The end you see it always comes<br>And there is nothing you can do<br>So enjoy life now while you can<br>Just like my good friend Scooby-Doo<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes:This song is all John Lister. It&#8217;s about Paris Hilton&#8217;s father in case you were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1st"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}