You Are Not Alone - Living With Ghosts

She sees him laying in the bed alone tonight The only thing a touching him is a crack of light Pieces of her hair are wrapped around and ’round his fingers And he reaches for her side, for any sign of her that lingers And she says you are not alone Laying in the light […]

Sweet Lorraine - Living With Ghosts

Sweet lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemer Who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers Who knew that sunshine don’t hold up to dark Whose businesses fail Who sleep in the park Lorraine who spoke of paintings in paris And outlandish things to her family just to scare us Whose heart went […]

You Never Get What You Want - Living With Ghosts

You first found me in my holding pen Stopped to take a look and stuck your finger in I bit one off and you came back again and again Then the nice people let me out one day And you told me how to act and What to say But you never get what you […]

Forgiveness - Living With Ghosts

We are swimming with the snakes At the bottom of the well So silent and peaceful in the darkness where we fell But we are not snakes and what’s more We never will be And if we stay swimming here forever we will Never be free I heard them ringing the bells In heaven and […]

Poor Man’s House - Living With Ghosts

You know you’ve done enough when every bone is sore You know you’ve prayed enough when you don’t ask any more You know you’re coming to some kind of understanding When every dream you’ve dreamed has passed and you’re still standing Mama says god tends to every little skinny sheep So count your ribs and […]

Mad Mission - Living With Ghosts

We were drinking like the irish But we were drinking scotch Bartender turned on a movie Everybody turned to watch And every single eye was gleaming As he reached the final scene Well, at least mine did Here’s lookin’ at you, kid It’s a mad mission Under difficult conditions Not everybody makes it To the […]

Time Will Do The Talking - Living With Ghosts

You were so cruel I hated being your fool So i got a little bit more mud on my face But the years will bring a bigger scheme of things And make a pretty memory out of my disgrace I don’t believe there is such a thing as saying too much There are those who […]

Every Little Bit - Living With Ghosts

It’s funny how a morning turns a love to shame Disguised and disfigured and you thought i tasted like rain There`s nothing here but a shadow nothin here Now you know Now you know Now you know Now you know There’s nothin here but the shadow, and now you know I spit, i spit in […]

Let Him Fly - Living With Ghosts

Ain’t no talkin to this man Ain’t no pretty other side Ain’t no way to understand the stupid words of pride It would take an acrobat, and i already tried all that so I’m gonna let him fly Things can move at such a pace The second hand just waved goodbye You know the light […]

Moses - Living With Ghosts

Diamonds, roses,i need moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of pain I don’t necessarily buy any key to the future or happiness But i need a little place in the sun sometimes or i think i will die Everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their […]