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I know it’s hard
Now that I’ve left you on your own
Honey I tried
But they took me away too soon
I did what I could
I fought til the end for you
But the sickness made me cold
Though you can’t see me
I still follow you around
I think you can hear me when I’m
Knocking on the walls
Sometimes I move things
Just to let you know I’m here
Don’t mean to scare you
I just miss you so my dear
I watch you sleep
I see you shiver in the dark
I wish I could hold you
When you’re alone
and I still love you
Though my body’s gone away
Into the darkness
But my soul is here to stay
Though you can’t see me
I still follow you around
I think you can hear me when I’m
Knocking on the walls
In the fire
I will always be here
If you see shadows
I will always be here
That warmth that you feel
I will always be here
In this place I call my home
I know I should go
Heaven or hell is calling me
But I’m not done
I want to be more than a memory
I want you to feel me
I want you to taste me in your mouth
I don’t’ want to be alone
I don't want to be alone
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v1:
No one told me, "shut up & sing," I brought that on myself
Living in the in between, like everybody else
10,000 hours and all you're left with is a scar
No magic powers, no lights from afar
ch:
I predict a ghost that haunts you
And he loves you the most, and wants you to live
Always keep ing close
Always there, though my time is at an end
v2:
Talkin' 'bout a world gone mad, this is not the end
Hear what the man has said, there is no why or when
A few wasted years, but there is no regret
Just disappear, the best ain't happened yet
ch:
I predict a ghost that haunts you
And he loves you the most, and wants you to live
Always keep ing close
Always there, though my time is at an end
-- some sort of bridge --
ch:
I predict a ghost that haunts you
And he loves you the most, and wants you to live
Always keep ing close
Always there
ch:
I predict a ghost that haunts you
And he loves you the most, and wants you to live
Always keep ing close
Always there, though my time is at an end
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Lonesome Ghost by Shu Nakamura 2020
I’m a lonesome ghost, I’ve been lost
I’m a lonesome ghost, I can’t find my nest
I’m a lonesome ghost, I got nowhere to go
So I’m hanging out in your home
So I’m hanging out in your home
In the middle of night, I’m sticking around
In the middle of night, I’ll never be found
In the middle of night, while you are asleep
Maybe I’ll be by your side and creep
Maybe I’ll be by your side and creep
(Dobro Solo)
When the morning comes, I’ll be gone
When the morning comes, my time is done
When the morning comes, maybe I’ll be hiding in the shadow
And I’ll be back when the sun sinks low
And I’ll be back when the sun sinks low
(Mandolin Solo)
I’m a lonesome ghost, I’ve been lost
I’m a lonesome ghost, I can’t find my nest
I’m a lonesome ghost, I got nowhere to go
So I’m hanging out in your home
So I’m hanging out in your home
So I’m hanging out in your home
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lingering whispers as the snow falls
I can’t remember what she said
I always seem to be forgetting
The color of the blood she shed
I traced perimeters, made mappings
and when the winter sun it fades
I’ll cross the vineyards through the trap door
hidden locks on ancient gates
Long shut
The creatures gather round
Wonder where they go
Lost my sense of sight
In the falling of the snow
I trace the seams of light
To read the dreams again
The writing on the page worn thin
but long before the evening summit
I wake again and take my place
the same old stone room, so familiar
To read the old dreams, full of grace
Once more
So maybe I’ll just close my eyes here
let the snow fall through the door
I can’t recall if there were treasures
I left behind worth troubling for
Lost dreams
The creatures gather round
Wonder where they go
Lost my sense of sight
In the falling of the snow
I trace the seams of light
To read the dreams again
The writing on the page worn thin
The wall is here to hold
The river flows so cold
The smoke is mine to burn
My shadow watching over me
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Lost my life in the most obscene of ways
Thought I had ahead more brighter days
Cut down in my prime, a victim of our time
Now I wonder aimlessly in this maze
No souls should be left behind
Look around but it’s hard to find
Broken bodies head to toe
Where do all the lost souls go?
Victim of a tragic twist of luck
Thought I had a handgun was a brush
Fight for what I never got to play
Please remember me so I won’t fade away
No souls should be left behind
Look around but it’s hard to find
Broken bodies head to toe
Where do all the lost souls go?
My life mattered, my life mattered
Hopes all shattered
Don’t ever forget
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A Ghost behind the Door
There’s a Ghost behind the door
He looks like the Duke of Canterbury
He can’t get far when he’s in a hurry anymore
His eyes are burning wild
His bellys painted like a flower child
His teeth they rattle like a bucket of ice
In an arctic slide
And he’s dancing on the ceiling
And he’s hiding underneath the floor
And makes his way up the fireplace and
Down through the cellar door
Theres a Ghost behind the walls
The shadows call when the clock strikes midnight
The mournful echoes from the hallway cries out
In a distant murmur
and then a screeching growl a shrieking cackle
to whimpering moan a spirit whispers to an empty home
When your so alone
And he’s dancing on the ceiling
And he’s hiding underneath the floor
And makes his way up the fireplace and
Down through the cellar door
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Every eager evening I make my way around
Crossing ramparts’s weathered stone
My feet don’t touch the ground
Miss my love, my wife, my son, my brother bless his soul
See the watchers shivering breath foggy from the cold
Mark my words, my boy
They’ll chill you to the bone
Winds of sulphur breathing flames greet days I spend alone
Hour’s now upon me, now listen what I tell
Your uncle’s went and killed me, help him to visit Hell
Something rotten in the land, the home you know so well
Murder foul unnatural is what to me befell
The villain that hath stung me, now he wears the crown
He took my life, he fucks my wife, now put him in the ground
There’s the scent of morning it brings about our end
Remember what I’ve told you should gifts to Hell you send
The serpent that’s bitten me robbed me of God’s grace
Beg you boy, please take your sword and put him in his place
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released November 16, 2020
