Ghost Town Songtext
von John Grenell

Ghost town

There′s a door hinge creaking on a rusty nail
The wind is howling, but the moon looks pale
A freight train screaming down a derelict rail
We're living in a ghost town now
I tried to touch you, mama, but you turned to smoke
Like a phantom at the opera in a scarlet cloak
I′m a stand-up comic telling myself jokes
I'm living in a ghost town now

It's a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
There ain′t nobody here but us chickens
It's a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings
It's a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings


It's a ghost town dance on a Saturday night
With nothing but the dust and the wind to fight
Not a ghost of a chance of getting high tonight
We′re playing in a ghost town now
Hey, how′d you like to come to a ghost town ball
With a one man band and a half-empty hall
A picture of Michael Joseph Savage on the wall
Yes, we're playing in a ghost town now

It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
There ain′t nobody here but us chickens
It's a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings
It's a ghost town, it's a ghost town
There ain′t nobody here but us chickens
It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings

We got no street kids or the unforgiven
Unfinished furniture, hell, no painted women
How in the world can a man make a living
When he′s living in a ghost town?
We got tractor parts, car windows, and low-tire rims
And a burned-out church for the you-has-beens
No bomb shelter for the uncondemned
I'm living in a ghost town now


It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
There ain′t nobody here but us chickens
It's a ghost town, it's a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings
It′s a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings

Well, we used to believe in true salvation
We sent the Holy Spirit on a long vacation
Now there′s nothing but ghost towns all over this nation
We're living in a ghost country now

It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
It′s a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings
It's a ghost town, it′s a ghost town
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town
Nothing left for us but the pickings
It′s a ghost town, it's a ghost town