Songs:Ghosts (94381)

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GHOSTS

Swing swing, gallows swing
From anger back to sorrow
Morning gets what midnight brings
And I’ll be dead tomorrow
Just another ghost

My wife left me last wintertime to join another man
I lost her love forever and I lost my mind right then
When I tried but couldn’t picture her sweet face inside my head
I could only see her lover’s grin, it’s true I killed him dead

But I’ve always been an honest man, as crystal as the sea
I’ve always said when I’ve done wrong, and I’ve said when wrong’s done me
So listen to my warning though I know it might sound strange
To those who cast condoning eyes upon me when I hang

And let me tell you what I’ve learned, what my guilty mind has seen
Of life and then of death and then how ghosts get stuck between
There’s no slamming doors, no rattling chains, no long black veils at night
But you’d wish there was cause then you might could die to put things right

But ghosts have got no bodies left, and ghosts have got no will
There just etchings on your conscience by the hands that had them killed
And the world it all looks yellow now, and every breath is foul
And the water tastes like rancid oil, and the mockingbirds just howl

And you can never touch someone you love, it’ll burn them if you try
And the face inside the mirror stares back with goldfish bowls for eyes
And the only dream you ever have is of lying there awake
And it never rains upon your head, it spits into your face

    A ghost has haunted me -- and worn me thin
    I got what I deserved a thousand times again
    Oh listen please -- my final words
    Before you bring yourself to watch the final length of cord

Cause ghosts don’t die when hands take hands, and ghosts are not released
It’s ash to ash and dust to dust, or beast and back to beast
I hope your heart is large and that there’s room enough in you
For the ghost you choose to make of me and the ghost that haunts me, too

Swing swing, gallows swing
From anger back to sorrow
Hide your eyes and wash your wings
Cause I’ll be dead tomorrow
Just another ghost


Copyright 2004. Words and music by Danny Schmidt


Version by Lisa Bastoni

This old place is filled with ghosts
They touch my face, their hands are cold
They ride the elevators 
And float down the halls
They moan "remember me" and walk through the walls

Tell me, baby
Which side are you on
You fade in the dawn
I blink, you're gone

I'm with you in this strange hotel
So much history, I'm under quite a spell
Hold the balcony rail I fear that I might fall
Will you think of me sometimes or not at all

Tell me, baby
Why are you hovering here
To shake the chandelier
And disappear

For evidence, one photograph
Your open mouth 
In the beginning of a laugh
In the darkness I can only see your grin
A Cheshire cat, you are invisible again

Tell me, baby
Old New York or L.A.
I catch the early train
You fly away
You fly away


(c) and (p) 2004 Lisa Bastoni

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Ghosts by Danny Schmidt SONG
on the album Parables & Primes Buy Danny Schmidt at CD-Baby Parables & Primes	Request this song: Ghosts (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (17 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 5:11 Times played: 24 People hearing: 672 Times requested: 13 First played: Aug 17th, 2005 Last played: Oct 26th, 2008 Previously played: Sep 5th, 2008 Song ID#: 94381	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Phillip ♦ Hexaba ♦ DogNut ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Kazookid ♦ Fine-line ♦ Jim 4 stars=countrydave ♦ JC ♦ Peterdale ♦ Doctordoug ♦ Scobey ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Feklhr 3 stars=Firewalk ♦ Cater ♦ Mert