Ghosts-Danny Schmidt

[ti:Ghosts] [ar:Danny Schmidt] [al:Parables and Primes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ghosts - Danny Schmidt [00:18.31]Swing swing gallows swing [00:21.54]From anger back to sorrow [00:24.87]Morning gets what midnight brings [00:27.23]And I'll be dead tomorrow [00:29.76] [00:31.18]Just another ghost [00:32.87] [00:35.70]My wife left me last wintertime [00:38.80]To join another man [00:40.26] [00:41.85]I lost her love forever [00:43.72]And I lost my mind right then [00:46.59] [00:47.42]When I tried but couldn't picture [00:49.95]Her sweet face inside my head [00:52.75] [00:54.30]I could only see her lover's grin [00:56.73]It's true I killed him dead [00:59.10] [01:13.22]But I've always been an honest man [01:16.11]As crystal as the sea [01:19.34]I've always said when I've done wrong [01:21.65]And I've said when wrong's done me [01:25.47]So listen to my warning though [01:27.88]I know it might sound strange [01:29.78] [01:31.60]To those who cast condoning eyes [01:34.25]Upon me when I hang [01:36.91] [01:50.50]And let me tell you what I've learned [01:52.79]What my guilty mind has seen [01:56.52]Of life and then of death and [01:58.46]Then how ghosts get stuck between [02:01.94]There's no slamming doors [02:03.55]No rattling chains [02:05.23]No long black veils at night [02:08.37]But you'd wish there was cause [02:10.15]Then you might could die [02:12.13]To put things right [02:13.70] [02:27.93]But ghosts have got no bodies left [02:30.92]And ghosts have got no will [02:32.72] [02:33.96]There just etchings on your conscience [02:36.03]By the hands that had them killed [02:39.04] [02:40.19]And the world it all looks yellow now [02:42.88]And every breath is foul [02:45.11] [02:46.24]And the water tastes like rancid oil [02:48.84]And the mockingbirds just howl [02:51.19] [02:52.48]And you can never touch someone you love [02:54.84]It'll burn them if you try [02:58.32]And the face inside the mirror stares back [03:01.14]With goldfish bowls for eyes [03:03.89] [03:04.76]And the only dream you ever have [03:07.13]Is of lying there awake [03:10.74]And it never rains upon your head [03:13.06]It spits into your face [03:15.54]A ghost has haunted me [03:20.63]And worn me thin [03:22.22] [03:23.74]I got what I deserved [03:26.68]A thousand times again [03:28.81]Oh listen please -- my final words [03:36.82]Before you bring yourself [03:38.33]To watch the final length of cord [03:42.59] [03:55.92]Cause ghosts don't die [03:57.10]When hands take hands [03:59.08]And ghosts are not released [04:02.06]It's ash to ash and dust to dust [04:05.27]Or beast and back to beast [04:08.63]I hope your heart is large [04:10.65]And that there's room enough in you [04:13.93]For the ghost you choose to make of me [04:17.47]And the ghost that haunts me too [04:20.29] [04:33.57]Swing swing gallows swing [04:36.91]From anger back to sorrow [04:40.12]Hide your eyes and wash your wings [04:42.75]Cause I'll be dead tomorrow [04:45.22] [04:46.65]Just another ghost