Ghosts of This Town

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To ring in April, here is a new one, "Ghosts of This Town." If I ever record another record (a few reasons for, lots against) it would probably be the title cut.



I have tweaked the lyrics a bit since the video. I would probably flunk the final at Songwriting U because of the four P-words in the last two lines, but they fit so I said to hell with it.

Here they are:

Ghosts of This Town
© 2017 by David Hanners

Landscape is bleak, prairie wind leaves you raw
Winter makes it worse, snow on stubble straw
They say we'll make it through, just got to buckle down
But there's only full employment for the ghosts of this town

(Chorus)
Ghosts of this town, beholden and betrayed
They'll always find some way to keep us afraid
All we know will one day come unwound
On that day we'll bury it with the ghosts of this town

Yeah, I get by just like you said I will
But the future stares me down like Abe on a five-dollar bill
Time heals all wounds I have always found
Except the cuts and bruises from the ghosts of this town

(chorus)

(Bridge)
I'm not what I used to be, for better or worse
Can't count my blessings on account of this curse
No need to tell me I let you down
I'm reminded every day by the ghosts of this town

Raised her glass as if to make a toast
Whiskey betrays you when you need it most
Said she had to go where life's a verb, not a noun
Could no longer do the bidding of the ghosts of this town

I tried to tell her that die has already been cast
Can't change the future like you won't change the past
As I paused to come up with something more profound
She proved my point by leaving with the ghosts of this town

(chorus)

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Edited the song. Something just seemed "off" to me so I sat down with it, did some rearranging and cutting and here is how it stands now:

Ghosts of This Town
© 2017 by David Hanners

Landscape is bleak, prairie wind leaves you raw
Winter makes it worse, snow on stubble straw
They say we'll make it through, just got to buckle down
But there's only full employment for the ghosts of this town

(Chorus)
Ghosts of this town, beholden and betrayed
They'll always find some way to keep us afraid
All we know will one day come unwound
On that day we'll bury it with the ghosts of this town

Raised her glass as if to make a toast
Whiskey betrays you when you need it most
Said she had to go where life's a verb, not a noun
Could no longer do the bidding of the ghosts of this town

(chorus)

I'm not what I used to be, for better or worse
Can't count my blessings on account of this curse
No need to tell me I let you down
I'm reminded every day by the ghosts of this town


Yeah, I get by just like you said I will
But the future stares me down like Abe on a five-dollar bill
Time heals all wounds I have always found
Except the cuts and bruises from the ghosts of this town

(chorus)

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The new video....

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